Persuasive Essay On Take Me Fishing

Protecting Your Fish Imagine going out to fish one day and all of the fish being gone. Sadly, one day this can happen and most people don't realize this. According to World Wildlife, “More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits”(“World Wildlife”). This statistic reveals that their is more demand than the supply which means, people are demanding too many fish which is causing the fisheries to have to kill even more fish for food, increasing the supply but also decreasing the fish population. To have a fun and successful fishing trip without hurting fish, anglers need to know how to handle there fish, obey fishing laws, and restrain from harming their fish, so the trip will be profitable

Before going on a fishing trip anglers should know that “catch and release is a big part of fishing” (“Take Me Fishing”). The reason this is a big part of fishing is because “Fisherman kill 25% of saltwater fish” (“Peta”). If you think about it, 25% of saltwater fish can add up to a big number of saltwater species being gone which also means, less seafood which everyone loves. When people catch and release instead of keeping the fish that they catch, it allows the fish to go back and get bigger and spawn which means more fish for us. Most people don't know that “The idea of catching and releasing the fish was seen as a humane thing to do in that you weren’t causing the fish any harm” (Zimmerman). What he is trying to say by this is, when anglers catch fish the most humane way is to catch them and put them back in the water. The reason most people don't do this anymore is because fish has become a well known food and most people love to eat fish. If people would release more fish than keeping the fish for food then most of the fish we eat wouldn't be decreasing in population or even some

There is a lot of different laws about fishing like “Daily fish limits are meant to keep people from taking too many fish at one time” (“Take Me Fishing”). If you go over limit then you're not following the laws which can lead to a big fine or sometimes with some species even jail and everyone knows, jail is not worth going to over not following fishing laws. So, say you're fishing for grouper, there might be a 3 fish limit per person which means each person can only keep 3 fish and if someone keeps four fish then that's illegal. There are also length limits on fish which means that a fish has to be a certain length or you can't keep it. All of these laws are made to protect fish and keep their population growing. Another thing about fishing is that “In legal terms it is forbidden to inflict pain, suffering or harm on animals” (“Phys Org”). What they mean by this that if you are inflicting pain into a fish or even an animal then that is illegal. Some people don't agree with this but think about it as if someone was inflicting pain on you, would u like them doing that to you and would you want them doing that? Well, that is why there's a law for those kind of things because you wouldn't like it if people were doing that to you. If every angler went over there limit then think about how much the fish population would decrease and if the