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In 1968, Garret Hardin published a paper called the "Tragedy of the Commons." He describes the tragedy as the notion
that any resource open to everyone—such as the air or parts of the ocean—will eventually be destroyed because anyone can use the resource,
but no one is responsible for preserving it. When people are not compelled to preserve resources for the welfare of future generations, the Tragedy of the Commons occurs.The Learning Lab's Tragedy of the Tuna places students directly into such a situation. Each student (or group of students) represents a country in control of a tuna fishing fleet and makes decisions about fleet size and deployment. As the game progresses, teams vie to stay afloat as competition for the shared fish population becomes more intense.