Switzerland Bans ‘Catch and Release’ Fishing in 2009
PETA is going to love this one…..
Switzerland is set to ban ‘catch and release’ fishing, along with the use of live bait and barbed hooks. The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association is out spreading the word on these new regulations.
It seems that Switzerland feels that fish should be killed immediately upon catch. They recommend a sharp blow to the head from a blunt instrument. Also, all anglers in Switzerland will be required to demonstrate their fishing expertise by taking a course on ‘humane methods of catching fish,’ before being granted a fishing license.
I really wish this weren’t a joke. Many of us in the States were brought up on ‘catch and release’, especially those of us that do any amount of Bass fishing. The general rule in the U.S. is that fish returned to the waters, rather than harvested, will help spurn the population and larger fish for all of us to enjoy.
Switzerland’s new rules could effect upwards of 275,000 anglers.
The article also goes in to some detail about current efforts to curb these new laws before they take effect. Read the article and tell me what you think.
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What’s next, prosecuting predator fish for murder?
Folks, we are living in the age of stupidity, where harvesting chickens for human consumption is equated to the holocaust, grade school kids are arrested and prosecuted as sexual deviants after slapping the butt of another student, and fishing is considered cruelty towards animals.
Sigh. Political correctness run amok!