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• Yeah, absolutely. 29% of all fished species are below 90% of their natural population and have, in fact, collapsed. If you keep fishing more then reproduces the numbers of fish will decline and give less off-spring.
  When they are up to their natural state we humans can get a lot more fish. It%26#039;s like having an interests account: If you withdraw more then your interest every year the account will diminish. The interest will be lower and so the amount of money that can be withdrawn each year, until tere%26#039;s no money left. Several big fish populations have vanished and, although given time, they haven%26#039;t recovered. It is estimated that by 2048, the oceans will virtually run out of seafood. It is better to let the them replenish now than not having any fishes left to restore the populations. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur...
• No fishing should just be regulated.
• Oh yeah! like murdering an old denizen of the sea like the old whale recently killed. People survive from the sea, but greed destroys the good of the blessed sea.
• 90% of Humans live within three miles of a Coastline,River,Lake.
  6billion and doubling sooner than we want or had planned.
  Little chance that it can be given 7 years to %26#039;recover%26#039; It could happen, worth an effort.
• That would be nice, but Pollution is also damaging the sea. Off the coast of many coastal cities there are dead zones where nothing can live, this is caused by run off from farms and lawn fertilizers, causing the red algae to Bloom and it takes all the oxygen out of the water killing all the animals.
• In that case, men should be left by the sea at least 7 million years to recover (actually re-create!)! Everyday Life
• yes
• A nice thought, but quite unlikely to happen. Too many people need access to the sea and its harvest to survive.
• be left to recover? I don%26#039;t think it can recover itself in this stage. I think she needs our help, and right now, we are not helping.
  
  Action, not -just- words.
• every natural system like sea and river has it%26#039;s own recovery system. The time of recovery will vary depending on damage. In our present stage it can recover immediately. However, if damage is more in future it may not happen.
• The oceans should be regulated. People right now have an incentive to overfish because they do not have to pay for the loss to future fishing stocks. If you give them an incentive to care - such as having tradeable property rights - they will take better care of the ocean. Your standard moral hazard.
  
  For example, you are more likely to litter in the park (which you do not own and assume someone else cleans up) than in your own backyard (which you own and you have to clean up). This is the same for the oceans.
  
  Creating a way for people to be incentivize to take care of the oceans will in the end be better for the oceans and create a long term solution rather than a short term 7 year solution.