Category: Marine Natural Resources
Who knew that throwing a banana peel in the river might help remove toxic metals? (Though I advise further research before trying this). From this Learn and Teach post on research into buried pumpkins...
User Fees To Restore and Preserve Scarce Coral Reefs Early affirmative cases call for new federal regulations designed to protect coral reefs. However, federal regulations tend to be a less than ideal approach to...
Interesting post from Sea Grant Washington, though with broken links, on using microbes to clean up pollution in marine ecosystems: Experts in bioremediation, the technology that uses living organisms to break down hazardous materials...
Fresh water is scarce and has alternative uses. Should oysters in Florida to be valued more highly that watering lawns and growing crops in Georgia? This June 2 New York Times article, “A Fight...
Richard Stroup reflects on his time at the Department of the Interior trying to explain the key role of property rights in protecting environmental resources. In this short essay Dr. Stroup discusses the Audubon...
If you care about fish and the health of fisheries, or even just debating about fisheries, here is a book to put high on your summer reading list. University of Washington aquatic and fishery...
http://reason.org/files/50500045c1add5dc6b89e04ace6e57c3.pdf
Excerpt below… highly recommended for overview of economics of marine natural resources. I invited the author to give a talk at an Economic Thinking or Independent Institute debate workshop, however he is now senior...
Consider that people gain ownership of a resource by the work it takes to create value, that is by mixing productive labor with land. A farmer’s labor with fences and plowing land sets boundaries...
The debate resolution on marine natural resources would include, in addition to fisheries, offshore oil and gas exploration and development. This presentation provides a general background on the energy industry, and the ongoing progress...