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RE: On Property
The only way they could really negotiate fishing terms is if they assume that they are the only two people that could possibly want to have a claim on the fish.
The only way they could really negotiate fishing terms is if they assume that they are the only two people that could possibly want to have a claim on the fish.
How can we account for all the fish in the sea for everyone on the planet? I'm sure plenty of people would like to claim a lot of fish for themselves right now. Unfortunately it requires work to get a fish. This is why we pay money for other people to do that work.
Fisherman can also certainly come to voluntary terms on where to fish, what to fish, and how many they cap themselves at, but these would all be voluntary negotiations as I outlined above. It's in their best interest to see their industry thrive, afterall, so overfishing would lead to additional costs for their businesses. Disputes would be mediated before violence as I don't see cod fishermen turning into pirates against one another. That would burden their businesses with additional, unsustainable costs, that their competitors would exploit by behaving rationally.