Overfishing JUNE 2014 | Page 14

6 Solutions

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Safe Catch Limits

Limiting the total number of fish caught and landed by fisheries will decrease the inventory and raise the price. This is not only beneficial to the sellers, but also the economy as well as the fish population itself. To ensure that safe catch limits are enforced, consequences have begun to be set incase fishermen decide to exceed the limit of catch. Safe Catch Limits sets a boundary keeping fishermen from overfishing. (5)