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Why do you thing "public view" is something good. And why should I expose myself to that pain?!

Perhaps because "sunlight is the best disinfectant" - Transparency about the workings of an organization prevents corruption.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sunlight_is_the_best_disinfec...

I do not work for goverment, I am fisherman!

So? That doesn't make you above the law, or guarantee that you will behave well. Even if you personally do all the right things, laws aren't written to satisfy individuals - there are plenty of fishing companies out there ruining the oceans.

Is goverment going to hire me, so I work for them? Where do I apply? Also I want gold medal for being a hero (minimum 130grams, 20carats), where is dispensery? I have several millions of heroes!!!!

A corrupt one, from the sound of it.

Because if everyone has that attitude then we'll scour the ocean of all edible life. Leaving only a wasteland for possibly millions of years.

Fish do not work that way. If humans nuke themselfs, fish will recover in a few decades.

A few decades is a long time - we overfished the grand banks to near extinction in the 90's and they still haven't recovered[1].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_north...

A few decades... Give it like 8

Ah so the reasonable scenario is that things will be ruined for the lifetimes of almost everyone currently on earth. Not really that weird that some people would see that as a negative.

There's no recovery from extinction, and extinction is on the table here.

If humans don't nuke themselves but keep fishing as they do, the fish will absolutely not recover. Fish aren't magic.

In this case?

Because I want there to still be fish to eat in 20 years and enforced public view will make illegal overfishing harder.

I imagine it's much easier to control on the trade side of things if governments really want to. Fish have to be brought relatively fresh to markets where there is demand.

Depending on the species. There are factory ships, such as the name suggest have onboard factories that process the fish into filets, pack, freeze and stow the fish, enabling the vessels to stay longer out at sea - limited either by their cargo capacity or quota. Arguably this is good for the quality of the fish as well since it is frozen fresh.

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