Further to the South in the US, the permits are in the hands of people who don't fish themselves, but rent out the permit to the actual fishermen.
I wonder if the same thing has happened in Canada.
The issue is who owns the seas. I think they belong to the people of the earth, who should manage the catch to make the fishing grounds self-sustaining. Then there will be no "Tragedy".
Or, we can do nothing - always the easiest choice.
Harry ----------------------------------------------------------
Ed wrote:
For commercial fishing, permits are required, probably from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The problem is that the fishery, supposedly a renewable resource, has been depleted. The problem is that as long as there appeared to be fish, it was politically very unpopular to try to stop fishing - "don't tell me there ain't no fish. I been ketching them!" Another tragedy of the commons.
Ed
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Local living economies
> Ed, > > Do the fishermen just sail out and catch fish, or is a permit of some kind > required? > > If the second, who owns the permits? > > Harry > ---------------------------------------------- > > Ed wrote: > > > >Perhaps it depends on the kind of small community we are talking > >about. My son is currently teaching in a community on the Labrador > >coast. The fishery has been devastated, and as a survival strategy > >community leaders are foraging in the bureaucracy for government > >support. To survive at all, the community must export its kids, and many > >of the kids know it and are preparing for it by being good students. In > >contrast, an in-law lives on one of the Gulf Islands on the west > >coast. He and many of his neighbours moved to their rural communities by > >choice, bringing their money with them. They have barter fairs and enjoy > >trading among themselves. > > > >In the communities of rural western Canada where I did some of my growing > >up it was always understood that one kid would get the farm and the rest > >would have to move out to the city to become professionals and > >entrepreneurs, or perhaps bums. > > > >Ed Weick
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