Question

question 1 – In 150 – 200 words (don’t include the lit cited in the word count) summarize in your own words about why fishing is ethical and should be allowed.

Question 2 – In 150 – 200 words (don’t include the lit cited in the word count) summarize in your own words why fishing is unethical and should not be allowed.

two peer-reviewed journal articles must be cited for each question include arguments that were included in the lectures. You must include in-text citations and literature cited.

Answer 1

The world is faced with a complex and urgent set of problems calling for options and decisions, the moral imperatives which should be carefully considered in an ethical approach to fisheries. Although moral considerations are only one of the set of considerations leading to the selection of solutions, moral solutions are of a nature that sets them apart from those proposed from purely bio-ecological, economic and technological standpoints because: They're holistic in scope and the matters are approached and presented in their entirety and not in disconnected parts. They shows interactions between humans and as well as between humans and the environment where ethical interests are at stake. Moral solutions are characterized by an informed, free and reasoned dialogue about the issues. In light of the substantial moral factors involved, ethical solutions cannot be presented from above, but need to be evaluated by those they affect, in an open and free discussion. Moral analysis needs to clarify the conditions of such discussion and to analyse factors that may stand in its way.

Fishing is unethical in another way because a fish who are released after being caught can suffer from loss of their protective scale coating that makes them vunerable to disease, a dangerous build-up of lactic acid in their muscles, oxygen depletion, and damage to their delicate fins and mouths and suffer such severe physiological stress that they often die of shock. Fish often swallow hooks, and anglers may try to retrieve a hook by shoving their fingers or pliers down the fish’s throat, ripping out not just the hook but some of the fish’s throat and guts as well. Wildlife rehabilitators say that discarded fishing tackle is one of the greatest threats to aquatic animals.