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To: anymouse
Somehow I think the fish have done quite well over the millenia without 'owners.'

No, without owners, if the demand for fish is more than the fish can supply themselves, the number of fish will go down. If the fish have owners, the owners have an incentive to: 1) grow more fish, and 2) not let the number of fish be less than the amount that makes the most money.

A wise man once said something like, "Both jayhawks and humans eat chickens. But if you have more jayhawks, you have less chickens. If you have more humans you have more chickens." This bit of wisdom is absolutely true for chickens...because people OWN chickens. It's NOT true for fish...UNLESS people own the fish.

197 posted on 02/18/2002 1:15:36 PM PST by Mark Bahner
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To: Mark Bahner
However, one way capitalism IS helping in this regard is that "fish farms" are booming.

Interesting comments, Mark. Question... Are fish farms booming? Any data on the rate of growth of the fish-farming business? What with it being (to my mind, anyway) hugely more efficient than at-sea, boat-based fishing, I think it would be "growth industry" defined!

201 posted on 02/18/2002 1:20:18 PM PST by Washington-Husky
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To: Mark Bahner,physicist,semper_libertas
Icelandic Quotas and Property Rights to fish in the North Atlantic
205 posted on 02/18/2002 1:31:28 PM PST by jwalsh07
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