Privatize the Seas

In order to save the worlds dwindling supply of fish, Easterbrook suggests that the nations of the world agree to ‘privatize’ the seas.
Well, I suppose if you had a million police boats dispersed around the oceans of the world, yes this would be a fantastic idea. But the oceans are just too big to police. And large fisheries would very likely violate any kind of ordinance that prevented them from making money. Here again, self-interest trumps world progress.