vrek@programming.dev to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTechnically a fishing license is a license to kill.. Only to a small percentage of the earth's populationmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down119
arrow-up1174arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·8 months agoWouldn’t a hunting license be closer to a license to kill? Some fishing licenses have catch are release for some fish.
minus-squareSensitivezombie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·8 months agoCatch and release is even more evil. You are just toying with the marine life at that point for one’s own enjoyment.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·8 months agoTrue but that’s more common of a thought connection.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months 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-up2·8 months 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-up2·8 months 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.
Wouldn’t a hunting license be closer to a license to kill? Some fishing licenses have catch are release for some fish.
Catch and release is even more evil. You are just toying with the marine life at that point for one’s own enjoyment.
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.