About catch and release: it is totally for human pleasure to start with, as is pretty much everything else we do. It is not for the fishes the more than chicken nuggets are for chickens.
From fish point of view; they rather not get caught at all, but if they do, I think that most want to stay alive, even as badly wounded. At least, if some aliens would do some human catching, I would rather leave as wounded than dead, if those are the only options.
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