Introduction:

I am fishman, I have sailed the seven seas, fished for longer than anyone on this server and have led the mightiest navy I to battle many times. As of the ban of EVIL autofisher Aqitas Inuesia went into server configs and ruined the lively hood of all aspiring fishers by removing Netherite Tools and Ingots from the loottables. Previously being the rarest drop it was the lifeline of many fishers and now it's gone many people are left without meaning in life.

There are a few suggestions I've came up with tentatively to fix fishing, these are not final and feedback from the playerbase and especially Admins will shape future suggestions on the subject.

Suggestion 1

Due to the Global Nature of CCNet, the EarthMap setting and the emphasis on naval movecraft I believe there should be a a new vessel type introduced. The Trawler.
This suggestion would divide CCNets oceans into fishing regions with unique region specific loottables with varied loot and the possibility to catch valuable items like *gold* or strategic resources like *oil* whilst operating out of the Trawler. 'Buttttt fishman this would be too op!' My counterpoint, Fishing out in the wilderness would give a real chance of your craft being sunk or your player character being killed and all of your valuables being stolen but with the upside being the possible chance of discovering the hidden treasures of the ocean. If a plugin is developed there could be possible region specific loottables encouraging people to venture out into deeper waters for better drops.

Suggestion 2

Ocean Cleanup

Every week dozens of civilian and operator ships sink. Inuesia previously has said ccnet logs *every* item dropped in the vast ocean so they know exactly which people are responsible for the microplastics in our sealife. You could possibly give fishers a chance to fish up items out of a loottables based on what has despawned in the ocean previously. While this doesn't replace the monetary incentive lost by the removal of netherite from the fishing loottables it adds a unique mechanic to make gameplay interesting.

Please discuss ideas for fishing and critique the suggestions @Inuesia you told me to go cook up ideas. Please tell me how viable these are or take inspiration from them.