In the last couple of years before leaving Iran, I had a poster designed to encourage people to stop buying goldfish for the Persian New Year (first day of spring~ March 20th). Goldfish and the color red are supposed to be a symbol of kindness, victory, and livelihood. Ironically, this ... Read More
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Fish Feel letter in the Altoona Mirror condemning the wholesale killing of the inhabitants of Lakemont Park. March 7, 2022
Follow Scout on her adventures as she discovers that our beaches are covered in rubbish!. How is she going to help clean up this mess?
{Translated and abridged}: The moment I decided to turn up for animals, against fishing in particular, was when I took my canoe out. I didn't see any fishing rod, but an angler was very angry. I thought to myself: 'You shouldn't be mad, I should be. You intentionally destroy a ... Read More
"Animals should not be subjected to our whims, in any way, shape or form, for the sake of our sporting-and-entertainment needs. We probably should stop eating them, too." - Norman Chad, sportswriter/syndicated columnist and former fisherman
Arthur Gordon's "The Sea Devil" is a captivating short story that relates the horror of a fisherman who becomes the victim of his own device: https://tinyurl.com/2p9b9ds4 While the story hopefully help readers develop empathy for aquatic animals, the protagonist seems to have failed to learn that lesson. We much prefer this ending ... Read More
The Animal Doctor, Dr. Michael W. Fox, January 30, 2022
I’d been vegetarian since the age of five, when my uncle took me on a fishing trip ... In horror, I watched the fish being unceremoniously hauled out of the water and flapping around, before their necks were broken, spraying blood over the boat. I never ate seafood or meat ... Read More
My father took me fishing as a child; it was the only time he took us out. I remember feeling upset by the holes in fish mouths left by the hooks. I watched the fish swim away but wondered if the holes would heal. It was many years before I ... Read More
I used to fish. Not a lot but I did. Never thought about it much. Until I did. And then I stopped fishing. When you know better. You do better.
I relax around water without hurting another living creature. Went fishing once over 55 years ago. When I saw the pain in that poor creature’s eye, I just went swimming from then on when my boyfriend fished.
An Underwater Friend is the story of a boy who realizes that a friendship can develop between any two individuals. It makes the reader aware that we all have feelings, and that we should treat everyone, including our animal friends, as we would want to be treated.
An Underwater Friend is ... Read More
The National Provisioner, Emily Solis, October 25, 2021.
Looking to the future, an increasing focus of activist organizations is aquaculture or farm-raised fish. The release of the Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” brought seafood and the way it’s raised into the spotlight over the past year, and activists have run with it. Mary ... Read More
This affecting picture book tells the story of Jake, a young boy on his first fishing trip with his grandfather. Jake makes a discovery when he meets Ava, an archerfish, caught on his line. Featuring vivid illustrations of Australian flora and fauna, Jake and Ava encourages young children to learn about and ... Read More
The Fence Post, Animal Agriculture Alliance, August 31, 2021.
In warning meat industry players about animal activists, this article quotes Fish Feel's Mary Finelli.
When I became a diver I stopped being a deep sea fisherman. There are such special moments diving. Two things happened sort of at the same time. I noticed all the fishing "Junk" in the ocean and remember how many times I've had to "cut" a line ... it doesn't ... Read More
"I was mad about fish and seafood until I start diving.. While doing my divemaster, I realised I was showing the fishes to my clients that I was finding then on the bbq (the fishes not the clients😉) at night walking around the island.It became nonsense to me, I just ... Read More
Twice in the company of other boys, I went fishing with a rod. But then my horror at the mistreatment of the impaled worms—and at the tearing of the mouths of the fishes when they were caught—made it impossible for me to continue. Indeed, I even found the courage to ... Read More
I can't stand how people thinking "fishing" is so "normal".... First of all, it shouldn't be called "fishing" -- it should be called "killing fish". Secondly, it's as cruel to drag a defenseless fish out of water and watch him or her suffocate to death, as it is to take ... Read More
Fish Feel letter to the Editor, June 15, 2021