Scientists call for 20-year fishing ban in a third of the world's oceans

Any guesses as to why this won't work? Hint: it's the same reason the problem exists to begin with ... tragedy of the commons, lack of private property rights.

Scientists call for 20-year fishing ban in a third of the world's oceans - Environment - The Observer: "A third of the world's oceans must be closed to fishing if depleted stocks are to recover, scientists and conservation groups have warned. Such a measure could 'set the clock back 200 years' and reverse the decline in fish populations, after which responsible fisheries management could regenerate the industry.
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The proposal comes in the wake of a green paper calling for radical reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, which EU ministers admit has failed. It reveals that 88% of EU stocks are overfished (against a global average of 25%) while 30% are "outside safe biological limits" – meaning they cannot reproduce as normal because the parenting population is too depleted. In the North Sea, 93% of cod are fished before they have had a chance to breed."