Friday, September 9, 2016

Fishing & Sustainability



source: sportige.com


 The key economic principle that I'm addressing is: People (usually) respond to incentives in predictable ways.
The question related to my research topic is: How can we use economics to change the commercial fishing industry to address the growing problems of overfishing and unsustainable methods for harvesting sea life?

3-4 SUB QUESTIONS/TOPICS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION and EMBEDDED LINKS TO RELIABLE SOURCES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
    • What kind of attitudes toward fishing created the issue of unsustainable fishing to begin with?
    • Blue Planet

    • What are some methods that contribute most the degradation of our oceans and what are some better methods we can replace them with?
    • Seafood Watch
    • Destructive Fishing

    • What kind of incentives can we link directly to the consumer to help change the way we catch the fish they’re buying?
    • Overfishing