Suppose you are a politician representing the interest of a small community whose economic health depends on the fishing industry. How would you approach the problem of the overfishing of nearby species?

To create more jobs in other fields.

Explanation:

As a politician, more jobs has to be created in other fields such as industries, education sector etc in order to avoid overfishing in the areas because the people related to fish industry will move to join other jobs that gives good pay as compared to fishing. If there are more jobs in other fields then more people will leave the fish industry and join jobs in other fields. In this way, we can avoid overfishing problems in the region that causes decrease in the population of fish species in water.