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Pastimes : FISH FARMS NEED TO BE THE SIZE OF COUNTRIES -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: maceng2 who wrote (15)	1/14/2004 2:44:09 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 405

"We have plenty of monitoring technology these days to enforce the rules." Against large-scale violators, maybe (factory boats). But against smaller scale, I don't think so. I know here in Florida the enforcement of the net ban and policing fish traps has been very difficult. The species that first come to mind for deep-ocean fish farming are tuna and mahi-mahi. First question comes to mind is do we even know where/how these species breed (we haven't the foggiest on where many species breed). The second is how much "land" does 4000 yellow fin or dolphin need? They are a migratory species. If the "farm" is really huge, preventing poaching would prove impossible, imo.

To: maceng2 who wrote (15)	1/14/2004 5:07:59 PM
From: Kenneth Kirk	Respond to of 405

Good point about the tragedy of the commons. In theory the governments would act as landowners, making the best long-term use of their areas of the seas. But that leaves out the problem of international waters, and the political realities within each country (politicians looking for short term gains to stay in office). Nonetheless my earlier point stands: some countries are already moving into aquaculture in a big way, and that has undercut prices, which has negatively affected the fishing industry in places like mine, which stubbornly hold out for the wild variety.