Laws for a Healthy Animal Population

Politicians are making the laws, but not doing their own studies. “State and federal governments share authority over the regulation and management of fish and fishing in the United States,” (Fish and Fishing). While they get information from researchers, scientists such as marine biologists should be the people changing and setting limits on fishing because they are the folks actually doing the research. They know how the different changes in numbers of a particular species will affect the populations of the species they are setting limits on as well as other fish who eat or get eaten by the fish of interest. “State laws met with very limited success,” (Fish and

Throughout the early history of fishing there has been little to no fishing regulations on the 60,000 lakes of Minnesota. Many species have failed to survive the horrors of spearing while in spawning season, such as the sturgeon. Additionally, some species cannot recover on their own and are regularly monitored and stock by the department of natural resources. One species, lake trout, is so fragile, the only lake they are not stocked in is Lake Superior. The history of regulations in Minnesota shows the page lengths getting longer each year, but are the regulations protecting just the fish, or are the regulations protecting the ecosystem as a whole?

Although catch-and-release has become mandated, many fisherman now know that regulations keep them from bagging all the fish they catch is also the mandated regulations that keep fish mortality high. Regulated fisheries help to insure the survival rate or local and native trout. Part of the catch and release regulations also is a “length” regulation as well. This insures that young fish are given ample opportunity to grow and spawn. Although most fish do survive release of anglers there is also a growing number that do not (Wilson, 2008). There are different factors that play in to the inhumanity of catch and release and it is the factors that make one question the ethics of such a regulation in order to preserve trout populations. It’s a catch, for

Too many fish are being caught It is estimated that each year 970 to 2700 billion fish are killed and eaten. There is only an estimated amount of fish caught each year.People are taking way too many fish home in a matter of one trip. Trout and other fish are treated wrongly they do not have scales so they can not be lifted out of water as long as other fish with scales can and you have to wash your hands thoroughly with the body of water you are around. Polluting the water with junk. Bad pollutants are put in the water and it can harm fish horribly. Fish tend to eat plastic thinking it's food to eat. Some plastics carry bad chemicals that could also kill fish.It

One of the main attributes that defines a sport is the competition. Without competition there is no sport. While fishing one could argue that there is a competition with the environment and, with the fish one is trying to catch. The weather determines if it is even possible to go fishing, as there is no point in going when a front is passing because the fish will not bite readily. Bright sunshine can even be one’s enemy. The fish can see the anglers and the bait clearly. If they see the bait clearly, it could become obvious to them that its movements are not lifelike. Wind can also be a detriment to casting the line. It makes it harder to drop the line where

Fish traps were a very controversial topic throughout Alaska in the 50’s and 60’s. These fixed fish traps were extremely efficient, catching almost 600,000 fish annually and, they had a very low escape rate. Fish traps caught so many salmon that areas were completely depleted, and left Native villages without one of their main sources of food. The result of the residents of Alaska unhappiness with fish traps made the White Act of 1924 come into play. This act required an escapement rate of 50% off all salmon, this means if you catch 100 fish you have to let 50 back into the water. The White Act also included that the Secretary of Commerce can manage all of Alaska’s fishing except for the access to the fishery.

So your sitting by the river or lake with your family eating fish and catching fish and having a good time. Then all sudden the DNR comes to you and ask you for your fishing license then you tell them you have one and then gives you a ticket. The DNR then tells you you can fish no more. So now your family are upset and your mad and the DNR takes you so you can't even just have a family time because then the DNR comes and tells you can't .So people should not have a fishing license because people can't afford one and some people don't have a local bait shop also people are dying from starvation.

Unlike fishing, hunting offers the ability to target specific animals. When a person is fishing and a small fish or the wrong species is caught, they can just throw it back. It is hard to do that with hunting, because the animal is already dead and not using it would be extremely wasteful. The upside of not having the option of catch and release, is targeting a certain animal. While fishing, it cannot be controlled what type of fish or size is caught. For example, a person may be crappie fishing. The person cannot be certain that they will catch a crappie every time. They may catch a sunfish or a

Although some people may disagree, but sport fishing should not be done away with. There are many positives to sport fishing. Many people will be disappointed if it couldn’t be done anymore.

Many people would like to see that competitive fishing goes away, due to the belief of the animals are being hurt and aren’t surviving after being caught and released in competitive fishing. There is an organization called PETA which stands for people for the ethical treatment of animals. Many people think that competitive fishing is wrong because fish feel pain just like humans do. They believe the fish will die later down the road due to being caught by an angler, but this is not true. Thousands of fish are caught each day and there are very few amounts that will die if they are caught and released right. There are many of things that an angler can do to lower the risk of the death of a fish in his possession. There are many supplements

Although hunting and fishing are both outdoor sports they are very different. Both of these sports require resources and tools such as a gun or a fishing pole. You also need to meet certain government requirements like hunter's orange and a maximum fish limit. Land is also needed for both of these sports and manual labor is also involved. Patience is a big key to both of these sports. Fishing and hunting require you to use similar expenses and labor, but need different government requirements and tools.

For one, there needs to be better management to control the marine ecosystems. When a fishery is lost many people suffer, just “In the United States, the seafood industry provides 250,000 jobs and adds $30 billion annually to the nation's economy” (Facts on file). This has a big impact on American jobs by having that many people unemployed. With no fish left in our oceans, fisherman and fisheries are bound to go out of businesses in no time. It also restricts people and businesses that depend on it for profit. About “63% of global fish stocks are now considered overfished and 40,000 jobs were lost with the collapse of just one overfished cod population” (Greenpeace). This shows that people, fisheries, and the environmentalist are all affected by these changes. These actions have also dealt with governmental and international levels in order to regulate the coastal communities to be in compliance with all the regulations. The coastal communities “around the world depend on fish as their primary source of protein. Overfishing threatens their long-term food security, particularly in developing countries” (WWF). Throughout developing countries fish is the most common food source because it’s so abundant, but that’s drastically changing due to overfishing all over the globe. In some cases, “Overfishing threatens coastal nations down to the local level, devastating communities whose chief

Imagine the world without hunting laws and regulations, the ecosystem would be unbalanced. Beneficial hunting would go down and possibly lead to certain animal species extinction’s; therefore, to avoid detrimental changes in the ecosystem, people need regulations and laws to keep balance. Both society and the environment play a role in maintaining a balance between each other. For many years game wardens have helped patrol and protect the untamed environment. There are times where problems will arise and can be very difficult to handle, yet there is always a way to solve these problems. It just might take some time to put the plan into action to make a change.

One solution is to set strict limits to how much fish commercial fishermen can take from the oceans. The limits would be determined by yearly evaluations, and studies of the population of harvestable fish(Koster, 2016). There are already many limits on the amount of fish that can be harvested by fishermen but they are not well enforced or punished. Another solution would be to crack down of fishing boats, and check how much of each fish they have caught. If the fishermen have exceeded their limit the punishment would be much greater than it is now to scare them into not taking more fish than they are aloud(Koster,

The triple bottom line of fishing is influenced by sustainability in many ways. One way is the demand for fish increases with population. As well there are new laws limiting fishing, ultimately forcing once