The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?

Re:The Last of the Bluefin Tuna? by akamaka on Saturday November 14, 2009 @01:26AM (#941498)

No, don't cut your consumption, that's just burying your head in the sand and lowering prices for someone else. This isn't a situation like reducing the amount of trash you throw out, where every little bit makes a difference. (throwing out less trash doesn't incentivize other people to throw out more.)

The only solution to protecting a limited shared resource is through agreement (government regulation and international treaties).

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Re:The Last of the Bluefin Tuna? by rrhyne on Sunday November 15, 2009 @01:05AM (#942680)

I really hate I didn't come back and reply to this. Since when is contributing to the problem less, burying your head?

I agree share resource is the answer, but it'll never happen. YOU however can make a change today by not going to all you can eat sushi.

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Re:The Last of the Bluefin Tuna? by akamaka on Monday November 16, 2009 @12:28PM (#944801)

Limiting the use of the resource will happen one way or another, whether is through government control or mother nature not providing us more fish.

Pretending that eating less fish is going to make a difference in the long term is ignoring the fact that most people aren't going to follow your advice. Consumption of expensive foods is growing around the world, so if demand for fish is lowered in North America, that will drive down the price and allow people in poorer countries to consume more fish, resulting in an economic equilibrium.

The best thing we can have is very high domestic demand for fish, which will bring large earnings to the domestic fishing industry, and motivate them to secure their livelyhoods in the long term by pressuring the government to take action against less ethical foreign fisheries.

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