| Being a responsible member of the community | | | | consequences if not treated with the proper |
| means doing your part to ensure that the | | | | respect and responsibility. Marine stewardship is |
| environment is taken care of for future | | | | taken very seriously from inside the fishing |
| generations to come. As a result, many people | | | | community, and is not something that most |
| have changed specific aspects of their daily | | | | people take lightly. Often criticized for its adverse |
| routine so as to benefit the environment as a | | | | effects, marine stewardship is representative of |
| whole. For some, this may mean recycling cans | | | | just how important sustainability and responsibility |
| and plastic from the trash so as to offer aid | | | | are to those who have hung their professional hat |
| through reusable materials. For others, it might | | | | on the practice of fishing. Ensuring that the rules |
| mean switching over from a gas guzzling truck or | | | | and regulations that are in place are in fact |
| SUV to a more fuel-efficient vehicle that offers | | | | enforced is something that is aided immensely by |
| more mileage for less gas, resulting in lower | | | | the responsible steps that many individual |
| emissions and air pollution, and causing less harm | | | | fishermen and women take when setting out on |
| to the environment overall. | | | | a day's work. Harmful practices such as over |
| However, these examples focus around individual | | | | fishing are controlled so that in the end, the |
| efforts or personal strides. While these actions are | | | | industry can survive without causing any real, |
| a huge part of fixing the problem, they are but | | | | measurable effects on the surrounding |
| the tip of the iceberg: larger groups and business | | | | ecosystems and environment. |
| organizations - factories, manufacturing plants, etc. | | | | Marine stewardship is an excellent example of |
| - create an abundance of waste and pollution on a | | | | how the fishing industry tried to counter act |
| daily basis without fully considering the | | | | against some of the harmful effects that can |
| consequences that accompany their practices. | | | | arise from the practice. As an example to many |
| Commercial products are often created and | | | | other businesses, the fishing community has done |
| distributed at the cost of the environment. | | | | an excellent job upholding their personal standards |
| One of these groups is the fishing community. | | | | while going about their professional lives. |
| Fishing on a commercial scale can have serious | | | | |