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Interesting article. I've never really understood 'catch and release' fishing. The survival rate has never been proven, and if the statistic of 'survival rate' even comes into it, you should really think about what you are doing.
That said, I go fishing sometimes. I fish for food. The fish on my line is no different to the one being chased by a shark, another fish, or whatever.
Food of all forms necessarily does damage to something. Those vegetables you eat came from land that was once a forest. That beef you eat comes from an animal raised purely to be killed for food.
If anything, commercial fishing is far worse than recreational. Instead of a fish being quickly dispatched, it slowly suffocates.
Contrary to what was written, fish can breath air. Just not very well. Many fish will survive for hours, dying slowly.
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