“A whale-watching company has abandoned tours off Ireland’s southern Atlantic coast and declared the waters an empty, lifeless sea.

Colin Barnes, who ran Cork Whale Watch, announced he was closing the company because overfishing of sprat has disrupted the marine food chain and diverted humpback, minke and fin whales as well as dolphins.” 😢😔

#Environment #Overfishing #OverfishingImpact #EnvironmentImpactsEconomy #WhaleWatching #WhaleWatchingTours #EnvironmentalEcon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/30/irish-whale-watching-company-ends-tours-on-south-atlantic-coast-and-blames-overfishing

Optimal control problems in environmental economics produce the best diagrams.

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