> It is a strange debate if it is "human" to kill a fish > larvae with alcohol. Does anybody ask if e.g. trawling > is "human"? There are no bureaucrats asking commercial > trawlers for something like this. Trawling squeezes > animals to death. This is far more cruel than killing > a fish larvae very fast with alcohol.
That brings up a related point. If I want to go fishing for dinner, I can bag something like 9 snapper a day without a lisence or permit (here in NZ). If I want to look at their gut contents...I need a permit from the Department of Conservation...seems strange.
NT Nick Tolimieri University of Auckland Leigh Marine Laboratory P.O. Box 349 Warkworth New Zealand
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