The tragedy of the commons is when something that is commonly used is used too much and eventually there is little or nothing left.The decline in the clam population can be considered an example of a tragedy of the commons because there isn’t enough clams being born to keep up with the clams that we eat. If we keep eating more clams than clams are being born, then eventually they will go extinct. A strategy to prevent any decline in the clam population is to raise the price of clams. By raising the price of clams people won’t eat clams as often as they used to. Another way of preventing the extinction of the clam population is by having a limit to the number of clams you can catch a day. By doing this, the clams can reproduce and make up
