Sarah,  There are alot of meat and fish eating humans on this planet who would challenge your assertion that what they do us a bad thing. For that matter, vegetarians may also object because the logical extension is that plants also feel pain.  When scientists and fish managers allow personal attitudes to overly influence policy decision making processes, they are on a very slippery slope. One of the wisest fish managers I met had a simple data-based approach to management codified in the statement: "A Dead Fish in the Cooler is a Dead Fish in the Cooler" The meaning in [...]