The costs of doing business are higher, including the costs for the boat. The fisherman only has one choice: land more lobster in order to earn more money so that he can solve his economic problems. That puts more pressure on the resource, not the other way round. The balance between the four components I mentioned, ecology, economics, social systems and governance, must be maintained. At the moment, things are tight in the economics, so the ecology, meaning the lobster in this case, is going to bear the brunt. Fisherman have to put out more fishing effort in order to pay their bills.
On March 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.