• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 hours ago

    Catch and release fishing is fine for the fish. If you gut hook them and they won’t survive, well, you eat that one, but it’s also easier to avoid that if you know what sort of fish you’re looking for and change your hook/lure accordingly.

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      11 hours ago

      I don’t really get how hurting an animal and then NOT eating it, just for fun, is better than killing for food

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        11 hours ago

        Well you don’t want to eat every fish you catch, that’s not good for the fish population. You want to ensure you’re only taking fish that have had a chance to spawn, determined by size.