On Mar 13, 12:09 am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
Poll

If the fishing laws were written in such a way that you had to kill
all legal fish that you caught and, as well, you had to quit when you
had a bag, would you still fish?

Halfordian Golfer

Where I fish, that is largely the case anyway. So yes.

With the codicil that I would not fish for fish that I could not use.
This is largely what limits my fishing nowadays in any case. Also, I
no longer fish for migartory fish on their spwaning runs, and have not
done so for a number of years now.

Further, I agree with Willi that fishery management on self sustaining
waters in general should be based on good scientific grounds, and
independent of various moral, ethical or political standpoints. In an
ideal world there would be no "other" waters, as they are practically
all deleterious to the environment,(most especially the farming of
salmonids and other piscivores) and/or run solely to make a profit for
somebody, or fill a presumed "need" for easy and cheap recreation for
"anglers" wishing to indulge in such.

This results in various "Fish and Game" departments and authorities
actually causing far more environmental problems, instead of easing or
preventing those they were originally designed to prevent.

TL
MC