A political scientist, a lawyer, and an anthropologist walk into a sushi bar. They sit down to eat, but the bartender says apologetically that they are fished out and wonders how the bar can avoid this in the future. The political scientist claims that the area sushi bars need to cooperate better to prevent overfishing. The lawyer notes that they need to do a better job of keeping newcomers out of sushi bars to reduce the strain on the fish supplies. The anthropologist argues that if we got rid of sushi bars in the first place, they would never run out of fish.
As far as “three people walk into a bar” jokes go, this one is not particularly good. One can take this as a metaphor for international fisheries management—a bit of a joke, but not at all funny. In this context, three recent books, one written by a...