How Does Competitive Fishing Affect The Environment
Does Competitive Sport Fishing Affect the Environment?
Competition game fishing has been a past time and love of many people. Competition fishing has long been a controversy as to the effects on the environment. So, my question to you is; does competitive fishing affect the environment. Let me explain why i think it doesn’t affect the environment.
Fishing technologies, like agricultural technologies, will always have an impact on the environment, maintains Nils Stolpe in the following viewpoint. Nevertheless, he claims, many environmentalists unfairly insist that fishing technologies should have no impact on the marine environment. Unless fishermen revert to primitive fishing technologies, Stolpe argues, harvesting bottom fish to feed the world's growing population will necessarily have some impact. Even so, he asserts, fishermen are constantly working to minimize the impact of harvesting fish. Stolpe is a …show more content…
In fact, someone challenged me on this recently by saying fishing is not a sport because anyone can do it. Well isn’t that the point of sports...something competitive that required some skill but that can still be enjoyed by everyone regardless of size, strength, or even disability. And as you can imagine, while researching this topic, I found some forums that said fishing was not a sport.
Is fishing a sport or not? This is one question that has stirred up a lot of debate. Let’s look at some facts that say it indeed is a sport.is a sport.
As the dictionary definition goes, “a sport is something that needs physical exertion, something that requires a skill set and something that is competed by an individual or a team against another for entertainment”. This means if fishing fulfils these conditions it is a sport and not just an outdoor
Competition game fishing has been a past time and love of many people. Competition fishing has long been a controversy as to the effects on the environment. So, my question to you is; does competitive fishing affect the environment. Let me explain why i think it doesn’t affect the environment.
Fishing technologies, like agricultural technologies, will always have an impact on the environment, maintains Nils Stolpe in the following viewpoint. Nevertheless, he claims, many environmentalists unfairly insist that fishing technologies should have no impact on the marine environment. Unless fishermen revert to primitive fishing technologies, Stolpe argues, harvesting bottom fish to feed the world's growing population will necessarily have some impact. Even so, he asserts, fishermen are constantly working to minimize the impact of harvesting fish. Stolpe is a …show more content…
In fact, someone challenged me on this recently by saying fishing is not a sport because anyone can do it. Well isn’t that the point of sports...something competitive that required some skill but that can still be enjoyed by everyone regardless of size, strength, or even disability. And as you can imagine, while researching this topic, I found some forums that said fishing was not a sport.
Is fishing a sport or not? This is one question that has stirred up a lot of debate. Let’s look at some facts that say it indeed is a sport.is a sport.
As the dictionary definition goes, “a sport is something that needs physical exertion, something that requires a skill set and something that is competed by an individual or a team against another for entertainment”. This means if fishing fulfils these conditions it is a sport and not just an outdoor