1.The first case study I picked was based out of Norway. This case comes from the Colby, College in 1996. The topic question of this case study is as follows, “How can a multispecies fishery begin to sustainably manage its fish populations?”   Norway is on of many countries where fisheries are a large part of the economy. Being that fish is a main source of income for the people of Norway, over fishing was in progress. The Country then developed an individual transferable quota system in order to have “fishers put their efforts toward the highest valued returns, thus creating efficiencies within the industry.” The higher valued fish would be caught rater than all fish worth any economic profit. The Sustainable development will let the fish begin to regain growth if the population of fish isn’t being as pressured.

http://personal.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/fish-nor.html

2. The second case study I picked was based out of Maryland. This comes from the University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science in 2011. The topic of this case study is the population of oyster population is drastically declining. The Chesapeake Bay is home to many living organisms. Due to overfishing, disease, and habitat loss have affected the oyster population drastically to where it has declined to 25% since 1980. The state of Maryland has enacted areas that are off limits to fishing in order to regain aquaculture. “Additionally, the UMCES Oyster Culture Facility produces hundreds of millions of spat annually with the vast majority placed on sanctuary reefs that serve as nursery grounds for the entire population.” The sustainable development pursued by Maryland, the oyster population on the Maryland side of the Chesapeake Bay will help the withering population of the Chesapeake Bay oysters to regain health.

http://www.umces.edu/project/chesapeake-oyster-population-less-one-percent-historic-levels

3.These two cases are alike where I live. Vienna, Virginia is very close to the Potomac River, which feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. The River is fairly contaminated due to the City runoff and fertilizer. This has caused the fish and other living organisms population to decease. Although this does not directly affect me, the quality of the water is a sign that we need to enact some type of sustainability law for wastewater management like the Chesapeake Bay’s and Norway’s laws put in place to sustain their own environments. These two cases are slightly different in that Maryland actually helped the oysters directly where as Norway just limited the number of fish taken out of the sea. We can learn from these case studies that we need the sea and the only way to keep it around is to take care of it.