A large, open-access ocean fishery is experiencing a rapid decline in its fish population due to extensive harvesting. From an economic perspective, why would a rational, profit-maximizing fishing company continue to harvest a large number of fish, even when it is widely known that these actions contribute to the potential collapse of the entire fishery?
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