Ocean Overfishing under the "Tragedy of the Commons" Theory

Abstract

Today's poor overall marine environment and severe overfishing have led to some negative impacts around the world. The topic of this research is the effect of overfishing and how to solve the problem of overfishing. Besides, this paper used the literature research method to study this topic. The survey results show that overfishing has a negative impact on the local environment and the ocean in all three locations, Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay, Newfoundland fishery, Gulf of Aardvark. We should pay attention to this problem and start to deal with it. The paper argued that overfishing can affect marine biodiversity, reduce species or even lead to species extinction. In addition, overfishing increases the world's carbon emissions, which ultimately leads to global warming.