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In Rhode Island fisheries announced they want a deduction in the amount of summer flounder caught. In 2016 8.12 million pounds of flounder were caught commercially, and a recreational 5.42 million pounds were caught. This will help recover this fish’s population as a study showed that from 2008-2016 these “fluke” had been overfished from 2008-2016. The fisheries called for a 30% reduction in fish caught. This was because they wanted to reduce fish mortality and improve its stock biomass.
This relates to environmental science as a tragedy of the commons. When their is no regulation on the amount of fish being caught, people will try to catch as much fish as they can, due to the fact that they will make more money. This can deplete how many fish in the lake to the point where the fish will become extinct. This will screw up the ecosystem due to the fact that it will allow smaller fish that are normally eaten by the flounder to grow.
Do you believe that there is way to stop the “Tragedy of the Commons?
I believe the only way to stop the “tragedy of the Commons” is to pose some financial restrictions for limiting fish intake. Unfortunately it seems that the only way for these companies to stop overfishing is money. Thank you for reading my article!