thats what claudia and I started to discuss the other day:
Education
- why fisheries are being depleted; how information was gathered
- general representative body and authority that can gain trust
- Representative Body: Have people from each major fishing town, from big fishing companies, from science, etc
-how individuals can abide by changes and help
- ideal consumer behavior
- programs available for alternative industries besides the fishing industry, or for other jobs in the fishing industry (economic incentive) *having fishermen collect data - helps w/ jobs AND trust
- mass education
possibly at marine reserves or in advertisements (eg "reduce reuse recycle" campaign or fair trade coffee...)
- schools, etc (fund programs for presentations, etc - potential science education? combine scientific techniques w/ awareness)
as you see that's only the beggining of it, we'll soon have to add stuff concerning large scale education or countries to implement international regulations, to accept new technology and so on..
Possible ideas (brainstorming):
blacklisted rule breakers
affordable aquarium tickets
advertisement campaigns
use NGO powers like Green Peace
international competitions
focus on largest consumers of fish to have them put pressure on fisheries
other ideas??? add them!
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I haven't followed what you guys have been doing, but I found a survey today while researching some other areas. Key points include 46% of Californians are "very concerned" that fish/seafood is being overfished, but 56% still eat seafood more than once a week. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_206MBS.pdf. From Public Policy Institute of California.
Adam Bockelie