vrek@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTechnically a fishing license is a license to kill.. Only to a small percentage of the earth's populationmessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down115
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareTechnically a fishing license is a license to kill.. Only to a small percentage of the earth's populationvrek@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoWouldn’t a hunting license be closer to a license to kill? Some fishing licenses have catch are release for some fish.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoTrue but that’s more common of a thought connection.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI haven’t been to a state that didn’t have take or bag limits for fish. So it’s only a license to kill a certain number of certain types of fish.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe one exception to that general rule is invasive species. You can kill as many of those as you like.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTrue, but they generally are not tasty, require special preparation to make them tasty, or are just annoying to process. It always feels like a waste to cull and chuck, even if it is invasive.
minus-squareSensitivezombie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoCatch and release is even more evil. You are just toying with the marine life at that point for one’s own enjoyment.
Wouldn’t a hunting license be closer to a license to kill? Some fishing licenses have catch are release for some fish.
True but that’s more common of a thought connection.
I haven’t been to a state that didn’t have take or bag limits for fish. So it’s only a license to kill a certain number of certain types of fish.
The one exception to that general rule is invasive species. You can kill as many of those as you like.
True, but they generally are not tasty, require special preparation to make them tasty, or are just annoying to process. It always feels like a waste to cull and chuck, even if it is invasive.
Catch and release is even more evil. You are just toying with the marine life at that point for one’s own enjoyment.