My colleague at CEI, Iain Murray, says it’s time to give fishermen property rights. Some of the thoughts here could potentially apply to an asteroid mining regime as well.
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My colleague at CEI, Iain Murray, says it’s time to give fishermen property rights. Some of the thoughts here could potentially apply to an asteroid mining regime as well.
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Interesting. Coercive, but interesting.
…and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll want to use my yacht — and I don’t want this thing smelling like fish.
Well it’s a thorny problem because I agree with the article that subsidies and lack of ownership is an invitation to overfish.
How one would deal with the very complicated legalities is another matter. Plus with ownership comes the possibility of conflict – even war.
“Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” — Terry Pratchett