Read this in the paper yesterday. No sources were cited:
"The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame reports on research that
proves that fish do not feel pain. The jumping and pulling that fish do when
hooked is a response to a loss of free movement, not pain. Awareness of pain
comes from the cerebral cortex of the brain, and fish do not have it."

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Uncle Dave
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