Sunday, November 11, 2007

Oceans in Peril

Around the world, ocean fisheries are in collapse. Whole species may be going extinct and yet the world's population continues to harvest this limited resource.

Read the article and formulate an opinion.

What may be a viable solution too this problem? If so what limitations does your solution pose and how do what beleifs factor into your view?

What do you think the human races position in with regards to the environment: stewards, players, etc?

2 comments:

J.Malone said...

Robert...

Your link isn't working...
Can you fix it?

shilpa said...

I think that a possible solution to this problem would be to still allow fishing but to establish limits on how much fishing can be done in certain areas, especially in those areas where the population is already decreasing significantly. I think that the limitation to this solution would be that people would still go against the regulations. I also think my own belief of equality factors into this issue because I understand how overfishing can destroy the fish population, but I also see how stopping fishing all together can cause difficulties in the lives of several fishermen.