A few days ago I completed enough edits to a project I’ve been working on in my spare time to go live with OpenFisheries.org. The site is in early beta, and for now shows a Protovis implementation of what graphics on the site will look like as the dynamic elements are added. The state of [...]

A friend of mine recently asked me how an economist might solve the issue of subsidies to the world’s fisheries, which some including myself, think are promoting overexploitation of fish around the world. I kept my response as short as possible (sometimes I get wordy in e-mail) but wanted to expand on some ideas here. [...]