Jonathan Adler, in a 2011 Volokh Conspiracy post, notes that catch shares made Alaskan king crab fishing a lot less dangerous. Alder links to a Nov. 14, 2011 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Alaskan...
Bradley Smith argues that federal government restrictions on tea party and other Constitution and conservative groups were not related to their tax-exempt status, but rather to their ability to gather, raise funds, and speak...
Rognvaldur Hannesson’s Privatization of the Oceans is a fascinating story of the development of property rights in ocean fisheries… Hannesson sets the tone with an interesting comparison between the development of property rights in...
[November, 2018 update: At Recode, Elon Musk: The Recode interview the discussion looks not just on Musk’s negative view of reporters and short sellers (and positive view of anime), but also at how incredibly difficult it...
One of the three NCFCA policy resolutions considered was: “That the Food and Drug Administration’s labeling and safety policies should be significantly reformed.” Had that resolution been chosen, new federal regulations of sausage making...
The world is a conflicted place, and since most of the world is ocean, no surprise that oceans host a great many conflicts. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface and hold 97% of...
Agents from NOAA … along with the Fish and Wildlife Service, raided the Miami business of Morgan Mok in 2008, seeking evidence she had broken the Endangered Species Act trading in...
Whenever an ocean or marine natural resource topic drifts in, some debaters are drawn to alternative ocean energy projects. What if we could generate limitless energy from ocean waves? Or maybe energy could be...
At the Ethos Debate camp at Patrick Henry College last week, I spoke on the NCFCA topics for the first time. I showed a segment from this LearnLiberty.org video on Citizens United by Bradley Smith (former...
The most valuable marine natural resource in the world’s oceans may be what isn’t there rather than what is. What isn’t there is state regulation. Just offshore, beyond the reach of state and federal...
