Re: Releasing fish with Baratrauma
Dan in my opinion it's no different than mandatory use of circle hooks. If devices promote survival, mandate them. I'm sure they're less expensive than the cost associated with not using them and protects trophy fish which deserve better than being stuffed with crab meat. I've been on many of those offshore sea bass trips and the waste is off the charts. If we're no different than the commercial sector with discard mortality rates especially in the winter with deep drop fisheries, we lose our right to complain about what's happening to one fishery after another.
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