
No lie
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( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 21:27, Reply)

As he puts it back: the %age of fish that die soon after being caught is ridiculously high; for so, so many reasons.
I don't mind fishing for food at all, but 'sport': grrrr....
( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 16:05, Reply)

The percentage of fish that die after being put is miniscule. and the ones that do die tend to be already diseased/sick fish.
I fish a commercial fishery where every fish is put back, if a high percentage died it would be uneconomic to run, but in fact the fish are extremely healthy, and cared for by the owners who monitor water quality on a daily basis, adding oxygen and fresh water when required.
( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 16:39, Reply)

but how can you be sure "The percentage of fish that die after being put is miniscule"?
A friend recently did her PhD on this & found (when going to the trouble of tagging/following specimen) the vast majority were dead within a couple of months. This was in the real world though(with predation, shoaling, fish aren't routinely fed anti-biotics &c. &c.), maybe it doesn't follow in a fishery...
( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 17:14, Reply)

No- she attached them just before fishermen released them back into the river.
( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 18:44, Reply)

You go fishing, and when you get back, there's a crowd of people going "oooh, aaaah!', when you get back..and then you say bass a lot.
Fucking bass isn't even a very big bass. It's just a fish sized bass. bass bass.
( , Mon 5 Jul 2010, 16:49, Reply)