Did anyone in your group take too many fish? (Yes or No)
Did everyone try to take as many as possible? (Yes or No)
Explain what happened in your group.
Question 3
3.
Did anyone sacrifice any fish for the good of the community? (Yes or No)
Does society ever reward this type of person?
Explain.
Question 4
4.
In round 2…How did your strategy change, if at all?
Did it make a difference to know that those who caught more fish were rewarded?
Question 5
5.
Is it possible to maximize the number of fish caught per person AND maintain a sustainable population of fish in the pond at the same time?
If so, explain how.
Question 6
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Question 7
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Question 8
8.
Think of a local commons that you are familiar with (social areas, eating areas, bathrooms, parking lots, etc). Explain how a tragedy of the commons situation can arise in one of these areas.
Question 9
9.
Propose a solution for how the problem could be solved.
Question 10
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Question 11
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Question 12
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Question 13
13.
Explain why overfishing of privately owned lakes are not an example of the tragedy of the commons.
Besides humans, what else might rely on the fish in our lake as a resource?
Other fish
Atmosphere
Bears
Algae
Birds
How could our fishing practices impact the lake ecosystem?
We could add lime to the water in order to bring the pH back to normal
The owner could restrict use of the lake
We could add extra fish to the lake that become invasive
We could deplete the fish numbers and cause a trophic cascade
What are some natural resources that are commons resources?
Federal land
Oil
Ocean
Metals
Atmosphere
Soil
For the Tragedy of the Commons to occur, the resources must be
Off limits to everyone
Shared
Privately owned
Government owned
How can we protect overused natural resources?
Require a lottery system for who can extract the resource
Deregulate all restrictions on the use of the resource