Assessing Fisheries Management for Sustainability and Integrity

The evaluation delves into Canadian fisheries management, highlighting regulatory frameworks designed to promote sustainability and deter dishonest practices. It examines how these regulations influence conservation efforts and maintain ecological balance while ensuring resource honesty. By integrating ethical perspectives, the study underscores the importance of penalties for non-compliance and their role in reinforcing sustainable and honest fishing practices. The analysis draws on various academic insights into behavioral ethics to assess the broader implications of these policies on both economic and environmental fronts.

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Introduction
The code of ethics is based on the morality approaches followed by the people in order to
lead a good life. The most important consideration undertaken by the people is based on the
perspectives of morality, which varies from person to person. The ethics govern the behavior of
the people and therefore help in maintaining the behavior in order to make use of the good life.
The dishonesty in terms of cheating creates a serious impact on the society and the individuals.
The consciousness of the individuals affects the sense of guilt and afterwards the individuals
realize the little earned favors of the dishonest practices they undertook. The people implement
the modified moralities in order to enjoy the benefits that they expect out of the moralities. In
order to implement the modifications people undertake many dishonest means. The interest of
the people, according to the book by Ariely, influences the methods of dishonesty undertaken by
the people1. The important consideration that is being undertaken by the people is based on the
concepts of the change that the people undertake in considering the level of dishonesty. The book
enumerates various examples that are being cited by the author in order to make the readers
understand the level of the dishonesty that man adheres to and the modifications in the ethical
systems undertaken by the people2.
Discussion
In this context, the Canadian government had undertaken steps in order to reduce the
fishing practices in order to conserve the marine biodiversity. The most important consideration
undertaken by the government is based on the requirements of the stable biodiversity and the
issues that are being faced by the species falling in the belt3. The sudden shift from the ethics
occurred due to the exercise undertaken by the boat captain through the diligent activities. The
shift is based on the culture that involves high levels of dishonesty among the member of the
team. The culture also influences the habits of pretention. It helps in the clear understanding of
the people’s objectives on the subject.
1 Ariely, D., & Jones, S. (2012). The (honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone, Especially
Ourselves (Vol. 336). New York, NY: HarperCollins
2 Bryan, C. J., Adams, G. S., & Monin, B. (2013). When cheating would make you a cheater: Implicating the self
prevents unethical behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(4), 1001.
3 Bucciol, A., Landini, F., & Piovesan, M. (2013). Unethical behavior in the field: Demographic characteristics and
beliefs of the cheater. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, 248-257.

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A question of ethics
The rationally experienced captains are undertaking the exercise based on the principle
of their dishonesty, which is born out of the honesty they try to portray. The discretion of the
captains in the matter is an important factor that influences the decision making process of the
captains4. It affects the ethics that are being followed by the government’s control over the
fishing activities. It overlaps the ethics to the extent of modifying the ethics and thereby cheating
on the same. Ethics constitute of the moral principles that binds the activities of the people at
large. Therefore, the psychological evidence that is being enumerated in the prescribed book
helps in the shifts of the behavioral patterns of the captains relating to fishing. The norms that are
being formulated by the government strictly restrict the fishing activities based on the quantity
that is to be fished. Whereas, the behavioral pattern of cheating despite of the norms that are
being formulated is the basic consideration that can be observed through the incident.
Destructive professional behaviors of the captains may be due to the dishonesty and the fallacy
they are into of cheating the enterprise for private gains. The behavioral traits help in
determining the level of the dishonesty that the individuals incorporate.
The government control over the resources helped in retaining the stock of the fish, that
helped in both ways- redeeming the stock of the fish and conserving the biodiversity of the
region thereof. The most important consideration that is being undertaken by the government is
based on the economic conditions and the availability of the resources. The most important
phenomenon that worked well with the action of the government is based on the consideration of
the conservation and the sustainable approach of the government in order top retains the
economic conditions of the nation.
Effective governmental control incorporates important steps that must be taken in order
to ensure the conservation of the biodiversity that is being challenged by the excessive fishing
activities. The maintenance of the fish stocks has helped the Canadian government in
maintaining the economic and the social conditions at the same time. The enforcement of the
Acts in the year 1960 and 1970 have helped the government in taking significant measures for
the government to conserve the endangered species not compromising with the living conditions
4 Fosgaard, T. R., Hansen, L. G., & Piovesan, M. (2013). Separating Will from Grace: An experiment on conformity
and awareness in cheating. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, 279-284.

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of the communities and the stakeholders5. The fisheries were granted license by which they were
entitled to draw their resources on a given range over the ocean. It helped in maintaining the
biodiversity of the area. Therefore, it makes a significant progress for the economic growth of
the fisheries. The maintenance of the stocks of fish is an important consideration that is being
undertaken by the federal government in order to make sure that the economic growth is not
hampered by the diminishing rate of fishing. The legal action taken by the federal government
has improved the quality of living of the anglers and their families. The reduction in the rate of
the anglers helped in stabilizing the economic upheaval that the fishermen community faced6.
The economic issues being settled, the stakeholder options were proclaimed and pronounced a
fixed remuneration of the employees. The reduction in the number of fishermen through the
enforcement of the registration and the introduction of the fishing license have helped in
conserving the marine diversity as well 7.
Quota and penalty
The most important consideration that the government can take on the basis of
conserving the life force of the diversity is based on the aspects of the fishing activities that are
being undertaken by the Canadian federal government. The fishing activities are affecting the
livelihood of many fisherman and their income. The income of the fisherman also gets involved
in the governmental structure, therefore the growing needs of the organizational control was
required in order to make sure that the proper governance and enforcements were made8. It
helped the government in having a strict control over the legislation of the fisheries. The most
important consideration undertaken by the government is based on the equal opportunities that
are being provided to the fishermen. Therefore, in order to receive the utmost of the
remuneration, for its own purposes, have initiated the control over the fisheries. The control of
5 Cashin, R. (2017). Fisheries Policy. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 November 2017, from
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fisheries-policy/
6 Hilbig, B. E., & Hessler, C. M. (2013). What lies beneath: How the distance between truth and lie drives
dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(2), 263-266.
7 Hilbig, B. E., Moshagen, M., & Zettler, I. (2015). Truth will out: Linking personality, morality, and honesty
through indirect questioning. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(2), 140-147.
8 Levine, E. E., & Schweitzer, M. E. (2014). Are liars ethical? On the tension between benevolence and
honesty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 107-117.

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the federal government over the fisheries and the storage of the stock have helped in improving
the economic conditions of the country. The government has undertaken the enforcement of the
act based on the conservation of the biodiversity and the loss of habitat. On the other hand, the
non-registered fisherman making use of the resources is being another issue faced by the
government9. The unregistered fishermen had no provisions for paying their royalty to their
government. Therefore, the government enforced strict regulations regarding the fishing
activities. The enforcement of such activities have helped in improving the economic condition
of the region. On the other hand, it created unemployment for the unregistered fishermen. The
registered fishermen paid their taxes and therefore, they stocked up in order to hold on to the
market.
The most important concept of enforcing a norm is to make it universal. the norm forms
the important part in the conservation process. Therefore, in order to make use of the services,
the governmental control is an important point. The basic decision making power of the
fisherman can be enhanced through the proper understanding of the norms that the fisherman
must follow in order to conserve the biodiversity and on the same time create considerable
revenue in the process10. The most important consideration that is being undertaken by the
fisherman while judging on fishing the species is based on the sustainable approach. The
sustainable approach of the fisherman will help in making long term profits. it helps ion holding
on to the market. Based on the book that is being referred in this context of the discussion the
dishonest practices yield very little outcome for the people and therefore adhering to the
dishonest practices might affect the livelihood of the individual and the community at large11.
The ethical point of view is undertaken while considering the society as a whole in order to make
sure that the communities are not affected by the practices that are being undertaken by the
fisherman.
Proposal of changes
9 Yaniv, G., & Siniver, E. (2016). The (honest) truth about rational dishonesty. Journal of Economic Psychology, 53,
131-140.
10 Yaniv, G., & Siniver, E. (2016). The (honest) truth about rational dishonesty. Journal of Economic
Psychology, 53, 131-140.
11 Van't Veer, A., Stel, M., & van Beest, I. (2014). Limited Capacity to Lie: Cognitive Load Interferes with Being
Dishonest.

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Penalizing the accused is an important step that is being taken by the government in order
to ensure that the law is properly addressed and adhered. In order to make sure that the
legislation that is being enforced on the people are being followed by the people, the government
exercises the penalty activity12. Penalizing the families acquiring large boats can be effective in
order to enforce control over the fishing activities undertaken by the families. The dishonest
practices undertaken by the families are therefore penalized. The government has summed up the
various elements of the economy in order to make use of the concepts and marketing strategies
that make up the economic structure of the nation. It is therefore the best way through which the
government can gain control over the dishonest behaviors of the fisherman acquiring large
fishing boats. Although the fish is a product that is available in nature and human is free to use
the resource as per the requirements13.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that the government enforced the control in order to
conserve the biodiversity and thereby adhere to the needs of the consumers in this regards. The
penalizing activities help in making the law more effective as the people are bound to follow the
law as long as they themselves do not desire to be penalized for their actions. The diminishing
biodiversity have led to the rise of the regulation that are being framed by the government in
order to ensure the conservation of the biodiversity for its usage in the long run14. The penalties
that are being enumerated by the government is v based on the requirements of the fisherman
and their growing needs to hold on to the stock is being addressed through the actions taken by
the government control. The penalizing action helped in redeeming the stock and therefore
helped in the perpetual growth process of the economic structure. The most important
consideration is based on the licensing part, which helped in undertaking the right kind of actions
and retaining the fish stock within a limited range of people15.
12 Mulder, L. B., & Aquino, K. (2013). The role of moral identity in the aftermath of dishonesty. Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 121(2), 219-230.
13 Robert, I., & Arnab, M. (2013). Is dishonesty contagious?. Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 722-734.
14 Irlenbusch, B., & Villeval, M. C. (2015). Behavioral ethics: how psychology influenced economics and how
economics might inform psychology?. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 87-92.
15 Rosenbaum, S. M., Billinger, S., & Stieglitz, N. (2014). Let’s be honest: A review of experimental evidence of
honesty and truth-telling. Journal of Economic Psychology, 45, 181-196.

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References
Ariely, D., & Jones, S. (2012). The (honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone,
Especially Ourselves (Vol. 336). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Bryan, C. J., Adams, G. S., & Monin, B. (2013). When cheating would make you a cheater:
Implicating the self prevents unethical behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General, 142(4), 1001.
Bucciol, A., Landini, F., & Piovesan, M. (2013). Unethical behavior in the field: Demographic
characteristics and beliefs of the cheater. Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, 93, 248-257.
Cashin, R. (2017). Fisheries Policy. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 November 2017,
from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fisheries-policy/
Fosgaard, T. R., Hansen, L. G., & Piovesan, M. (2013). Separating Will from Grace: An
experiment on conformity and awareness in cheating. Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, 93, 279-284.
Hilbig, B. E., & Hessler, C. M. (2013). What lies beneath: How the distance between truth and
lie drives dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(2), 263-266.
Hilbig, B. E., Moshagen, M., & Zettler, I. (2015). Truth will out: Linking personality, morality,
and honesty through indirect questioning. Social Psychological and Personality
Science, 6(2), 140-147.
Irlenbusch, B., & Villeval, M. C. (2015). Behavioral ethics: how psychology influenced
economics and how economics might inform psychology?. Current Opinion in
Psychology, 6, 87-92.
Levine, E. E., & Schweitzer, M. E. (2014). Are liars ethical? On the tension between
benevolence and honesty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 107-117.
Mulder, L. B., & Aquino, K. (2013). The role of moral identity in the aftermath of
dishonesty. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 121(2), 219-230.

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Robert, I., & Arnab, M. (2013). Is dishonesty contagious?. Economic Inquiry, 51(1), 722-734.
Rosenbaum, S. M., Billinger, S., & Stieglitz, N. (2014). Let’s be honest: A review of
experimental evidence of honesty and truth-telling. Journal of Economic Psychology, 45,
181-196.
Van't Veer, A., Stel, M., & van Beest, I. (2014). Limited Capacity to Lie: Cognitive Load
Interferes with Being Dishonest.
Yaniv, G., & Siniver, E. (2016). The (honest) truth about rational dishonesty. Journal of
Economic Psychology, 53, 131-140.