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There are numerous amounts of ways to protect our oceans ecosystem and keep the beloved sport of fishing.

Safe catch limits

A limit on the total number of fish caught by a fishery. Politics and economical incentives should have no role in this.

Protection of important habitats

The key parts in ecosystems need full protection from destructive fisheries, for example, nursing grounds of fish, delicate sea floor, unique unexplored habitats, and corals.

Enforcement

A monitoring system to make sure fishermen do not land more than they are allowed to, do not fish in closed areas. Strong enforcement is needed to make it uneconomic to overfish