Personally, I don't want my fish skeletons, especially catfish skeletons and the associated spines, in the pond where I swim and seine. Soft tissue, I have no qualms about returning to the pond, but that's basically just CC skin and fish innards.

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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