Fishing Hurts!!

Fishing is wrong!

Isn’t eating fish good for your health?
Fish absorb all the contamination from the water they live in, so fish flesh is laced with toxins such as mercury, lead, arsenic, PCBs, pesticides, and even industrial strength fire-retardant. Just two servings of fish per week can elevate your blood mercury levels by 700 percent, and study after study has linked fish consumption to fatigue, memory loss, and decreased mental function. Click here for the facts about fish flesh and your health.

So what does the fish industry have to say for itself? It ignores the fact that fish flesh is toxic (the breast milk of some Inuit tribes is so concentrated with poisons from their fish diet that it meets the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for toxic waste) and points to small amounts of omega-3 fatty acids in fish. But you can get plenty of omega-3 fatty acids in nuts and leafy green vegetables … without losing your mind.

What’s wrong with catch-and-release fishing?
Have you ever seen an injured dog who has been hit by a car or a cat who’s been seriously hurt in a fight? Unless they are treated by a veterinarian, these animals are likely to die from their injuries. Fish are no different: A hook through the mouth causes a serious and extremely painful injury that is often fatal without treatment. But anglers just toss injured fish back into the water—often without realizing what they’ve done.

In addition to the wounds that are caused by the hook, fish released after being caught can suffer from loss of their protective scale coating, dangerous build-up of lactic acid in their muscles, oxygen depletion, and damage to their delicate fins and mouths. Upon being returned to the water, these fish are easy targets for predators and other fishers. Researchers at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation found that as many as 43 percent of fish released after being caught died within six days. Catching fish is cruel and unnecessary, whether they are killed on the spot or thrown back into the water, injured and exhausted.

Didn’t Jesus eat fish?
It’s an interesting question, but Biblical scholars agree that the appropriate question for Christians is, “What should we be eating?” The Bible clearly says that our bodies are temples and that we should take care of them. Yet it’s a fact that all fish flesh today is contaminated with heavy metals and other toxins. In fact, fish flesh is just about the most polluted thing that humans put into their bodies. On that basis alone, Christians should not be eating it.

Today’s fishing practices are also horribly cruel to God’s creatures. God cares for all His creatures, and the Bible counsels compassion for all beings. We all understand that it is immoral and contrary to Christian mercy to torture dogs and cats. It is equally unchristian to torture and kill (or pay others to torture and kill) fish and other animals. Although they may not be able to scream

Nah, I'm not serious....I usually don't release the fish, I kinda like to watch 'em dry out in the sun.

PETA are a bunch of ****ing retards.
Your thoughts? 😄

Fish tastes bad anyways....but PETA should stop having sex with Fish...that just can't be healthy....

I like fish...yummy.....and we have a lake here...we fish all the time, but just for fun...we release them back.....those, if they had cute little expressions on their faces....I probably think twice about hookin em in the mouth or sometimes it catches in their eyes......ewwww...poor little fish.

Sushi own you.....and me.

I love Fish mmmmmmmm

Originally posted by long pig

PETA are a bunch of ****ing retards.
Your thoughts? 😄

Yeah really. They endorsed John Kerry 100% in the last election and they held hands with each other by trying to outlaw hunting, which went hand in hand with Kerry's thinly veiled attempt to ban guns once he was elected. A nice little way to wash each other's hands and kill 2 birds with one stone.

And I'm sure that aside from this, PETA probably would have went ahead and banned fishing rods too...but as for me, I only ever ate one fish that I caught (freshwater trout) and since I'm a seafood kind of guy, it tasted weird and that was the only time.

Since then I catch and release, and bring a camera to prove to the skeptics that I finally caught 'the one that got away' 😉 catch and release is cool-it gives somene else the chance to catch em' and gives the species a chance to propagate. Good fun sport too.

I love fish, but fishing on a lake is boring, did it once nearly went mad with boredom

I like to go fishing everynow and then. Mostly weekends. Is my way to get away from the city and enjoy the outdoors. The object of fishing isn't all about catching a fish is about relaxing and enjoying nature. And as far as contaminated fish that is just plain stupid! There is always alerts about certain fishes you shouldn't eat or caught. That is why fishing licenses are important. You get information about this kind of stuff.

everythings contaminated, mad cows, pig sickness, crop gene manipulation. best stop eating and die then.

Or you can go Organic Products.

Oh come on, what's wrong with eating something fishy?

i love fish. omega 3 fatty acids own you

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Yep, I like Phish.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
everythings contaminated, mad cows, pig sickness, crop gene manipulation. best stop eating and die then.

Not organic.....I do.....engineer free.......Oh....I'm soooooo healthy....

Omega and all....and good for you're skin too.. 😄

Don't like pork anymore....not from all I've read......about what they eat...and how they are contaminated.....Ewwwwwww Worlds garbage disposal.....don't like eating living garbage disposals.....makes good pets thought...I've heard...just like a dog.

Nothing wrong with "crop gene manipulation". And I quite like fishing. Mostly throw back what I catch. I'm not in it for the fish. Just the experience (unless it's bloody European Carp, pests of the Australian Waterways). And eating fish is very good. One of those mind foods. Good for pregnant women to, or so I have heard.

And pigs do make good pets. Especially those miniature companion pigs that are only meant to grow as large as a dog (they often get alot bigger, like the size of an actual pig. Never trust a guy selling them in the news paper, always buy from a reputable pet store)

did you know that Prawns are considered as the cockroaches of the sea ? 😱

Ahh silly Peta, Bitching is for assholes..

fishing is one of the most relaxing things a man can do. I haven't been fishing in awhile and I live a block from a lake. I have seven lakes where I live. I wish I could go, but I work all the time.

Originally posted by long pig
Fishing is wrong!

Nah, I'm not serious....I usually don't release the fish, I kinda like to watch 'em dry out in the sun.

PETA are a bunch of ****ing retards.
Your thoughts? 😄

Shellfish are much, much more contaminated than the swimming kind. Wrong again, PETA 🙂

Yup, Tis true...