What Donald Trump Can Learn From a Fish
The interests of industry and the environment can be balanced responsibly.
Heed the cod.
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How can governments responsibly balance the interests of industry and the environment? For at least part of the answer, it's worth considering the case of the Canadian cod.
Just a couple decades ago, the Northern Cod population of Newfoundland and Labrador appeared to be on the brink of vanishing. Overfishing had brought it to less than 1 percent of historical levels, leaving roughly 40,000 fishermen out of work in the process. To at least mitigate the ecological disaster, the Canadian government banned large-scale commercial cod fishing in the region.