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The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understood that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.

Paul Watson
Fishing, Would Be, Chance
"Sea Shepherd: how we sank the Japanese whaling fleet". Interview with Deborah Bassett, www.theecologist.org. April 21, 2011.
The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understood that the fish had to be given