PETA DOES focus on the catch and release issue as a possible way to sway public opinion against fishing. Their agenda is what is know as "progressive", meaning that they will try to find an inroad, then move towards more and more extreme designs. Start with an attack on catch and release, then move to all fishing as immoral. An extremely interesting result of PETA motives can be seen on ESPN every Saturday morning. It used to be that in hunting shows you would never see the "impact" shot. The hunter would take aim, pull the trigger, and "voila", there would be a dead animal. There would never be the shot of the actual impact of bullet or arrow to flesh. PETA's argument was that if hunting's OK, then why are you afraid to show the viscious hit? Well, to their credit, ESPN now shows the impact. I applaud them for that because basically what we're saying is "we're not embarrassed that we function as a predator on this planet".
Look at the eyes of any animal (birds, mammals in particular) on this planet.
Eyes set to side of head = prey
This is necessary to see threats at a long distance and from any direction.
Eyes set to the front of head = predator
This is necessary to use stereoscopic vision to ascertain prey distance and movement.
Now look in the mirror.
