fisher12889;4191124; said:
Netting a fish out of a lake or fishing it out have an identical effect on the ecosystem it's -1 fish don't BS me with oh it let's you catch a fish that weren't otherwise catchable, a fishing rod does the exact same thing if your going to BS me with stuff like that i want to see you go catch fish with your bare hands.
That last paragraph was incredibly sarcastic and i meant it for humor more than anything else. Dont take it personaly.
Believe me im all for fishing regulations and i agree with the intention of all of them. All im saying is that in this circumstance people need to stand back and really look at the situation and decide for themselves whether the situation is severe enough to warrant a "lock this thread" or such a remark.
Someone mentioned permits existing for this kinda stuff, if there is then in this situation should he have went and gotten one ? Absolutely he should have. Just as to differentiate himself from the legions of others who do this and catch thousands of fish and really rape and pillage our ecosystems. He had good intentions which is why i don't feel he deserves to be talked down to like he's some sort of lunatic.
Whats done is done, was all i was trying to get at and telling him that he's a bad person and all isn't a morally right thing to do, telling him that he should have gotten a permit for this next time is a better idea. i would never encourage someone to go out and collect fish illegally but if they've already done it im not going to tell him to put it back (as that would screw up the ecosystem even more with all the tropical parasites it could introduce)
But really when you think about it what does a little peice of paper show ? this still has the same environmental consequence regardless dosen't it ? To me it shows that he took the time and is intrested in the caring for this fish enough that he went out and made sure he was doing it legally that's all it shows and imo that really separates you from the people who go out there and net up all these fish to sell at asian markets (illegally)
As someone who goes to his cottage every year and has been fishing there since before i was fish keeping i have always been taught why we have these regulations in place and the need for fishing seasons and all that.
I hope that clears and confusion about my previous post. i went a little too extreme (about my own opinion) in my previous post and my general message was misconstrued.
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Just sounded funny to me... 
