Comment from Lopez, Victoria
Victoria LopezOpposeIndividual
Summary: An individual is requesting that the government stop fishing activities because they believe it is cruel and causes unnecessary pain to fish. They argue that fish are sentient beings and advocate for the protection of specific species like swordfish and tuna.
Please stop killing the poor fish and leave them in peace. People don't need to eat fish, so please leave them alone. Please protect the fish instead, and do not torture and/or kill the fish anymore. Fishing does cause pain for fish. Recent studies reflect this discovery of fish actually experiencing pain. So, it would make sense that fish feel pain when being pierced with a hook or dying of asphyxia when taken out of the water. It's just cruel. Please check out the link below. All this killing is unnecessary, so please put an end to it. Fishing already inflicts massive pain on the fish species as is along with also harming/killing many Marine Mammals to top it off. Please protect all the North Atlantic Swordfish, South Atlantic Swordfish, North Atlantic Albacore Tuna (northern albacore), and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, because they are all precious and beautiful and they deserve protection just as other animals do.
Link:
https://sentientmedia.org/do-fish-feel-pain/