Sport fishing charters with catch-and-release, sold to the Gulf and Europe

A first step

Price one full day of catch-and-release fishing with a fishing-boat owner who already goes out beyond the reef: fuel, crew, bait and tackle. Then message the organisers of angling clubs in the Gulf and Europe with that price, a short video of the boat and a proposed week, and ask whether a group of four would book. One group paying a deposit is the proof, and a list of refusals tells you what they need instead.

Who pays first

An angling club organiser in the Gulf booking a week for four members, who pays more for a quiet sea and fish released alive.

What leaves today

The fishing boat earns the price of the catch at the beach, while the far higher price of the fishing itself is paid to charters in other countries.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. TwoAn Island Nobody Has Counted
  An ocean eight times the size of the land

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