Comments on: Catch & Release Fishing Banned in Switzerland?

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:39:20 +0000

Morten: I can see your point, but mine is that you’re being forced to do something illegal that’s actually bad for fisheries and fish.

By: morten

morten — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:38:55 +0000

Hi there,
im a flyfisher from switzerland and i got to say, the thing dont get eaten as hot as they get cooked.
Its true that C&R is forbidden but if you not catch the species you have targed you allowed to release it.
So if i catch a trout and get caugth releasing it i just tell i fish for graylings and it all legal..its as easy as this.
So you see it didnt change much…a flyfisher still releases and a butcher stays a butcher.
greez from Zurich Morten

By: joseph

joseph — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:32:32 +0000

What a joke.. i’m so glad i live in the USA.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:15:18 +0000

Wow, absolutely amazing is the only way to describe the ignorance demonstrated in this legislation. I agree with every other poster that this is nothing but utter lunacy.

By: Peter M Spirito

Peter M Spirito — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:04:17 +0000

So what do I do with all of these dead fish? I don’t eat fish, too many small bones.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:17:12 +0000

I guess they want their streams as clean as their streets!

I tell you, that Swiss Legislation runs like a fine watch…

No half-hearted blows to the head and one better be sure the instrument used to dispatch said trout qualifies as blunt under Swiss law.

By: Bruno Greco

Bruno Greco — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:24 +0000

I am not sure of the logic behind this. Are they saying it is more humane to kill the fish instead of releasing them???? That is the craziest thing I have read in a while.

Bruno

By: Reed

Reed — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:56:07 +0000

TC,

This is similar to the Animal Welfare Laws of Germany which have been in place for years. One of the clauses of the German Law states:
“Article 17
Anyone committing the following offences shall be liable to up to three years’ imprisonment or a fine:
1. killing of a vertebrate without good reason or
2. causing a vertebrate:
a) considerable pain or suffering out of cruelty or
b) persistent or repeated severe pain or suffering.”

Plus, as you know, “To obtain a German fishing license: You must complete the IMCOM Fishing Course that is two weeks long with 30 hours of instruction on fish habitats and biology, fishing regulations and general knowledge before you can be tested and become licensed. Once you pass the test, you may purchase a fishing license from the local city hall, called the Rathaus, for about 22.50 Euro per year depending on where you purchase the license.” – http://www.ansbach.army.mil/sites/directorates/lake.asp

Thus all German anglers are trained to quickly kill the catch (individual German “states” have differing laws on the killing of undersize fish).

As some have said for years, Catch and Release fishing (with that as intent) plays into the hand of PETA, et al.

By: John

John — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:54:28 +0000

Does taking the course on humane methods of dispatching fish result in a “license to kill” :)

By: Loon

Loon — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:20:51 +0000

Crazy. What about politicians accidentally hooked while casting (I cast poorly), do we hit them on the head with “a blunt instrument?”

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:29:36 +0000

Absurd.

By: Switzerland Bans Catch-And-Release | Michael Gracie

Switzerland Bans Catch-And-Release | Michael Gracie — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:51:49 +0000

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By: ijsouth

ijsouth — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:35:15 +0000

Gee, and just when I thought Louisiana had the market cornered on idiotic, meddling politicians. I’ll bet that most of them who voted for this are neither fishermen, nor did they actually read the bill. I know that, in a lot of cases in our legislature, the individual members often have no idea what they are voting on.