09-30-2010, 08:56 PM
if you are keeping them, what does it matter?
If releasing -- the main thing is to just use some common sense. Don't squeeze it by the eyeballs. Don't squeeze it's guts out. Don't pull it's guts out. Don't stick your finger in its gills. Don't stick your finger down it's throat. Don't stick your finger in its......well, you get the idea.
If it's bleeding from the gills, it's dead. Even if it swims off and appears to be OK -- it's dead.
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If releasing -- the main thing is to just use some common sense. Don't squeeze it by the eyeballs. Don't squeeze it's guts out. Don't pull it's guts out. Don't stick your finger in its gills. Don't stick your finger down it's throat. Don't stick your finger in its......well, you get the idea.
If it's bleeding from the gills, it's dead. Even if it swims off and appears to be OK -- it's dead.
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