It's about respect. If you don't respect the ocean and its creatures it will catch up to you. I know this sounds stupid but seriously, any time we're out swordfishing, we're in a position where the ocean COULD became a fatal enviroment for us in a matter of minutes. Remember the story about the four football players a few weeks ago. I have a tremendous amount of respect for all pelagics. Then again, I rarely kill more than a few dolphin at most so I'm not a good one to go by (I just don't kill fish often) but I agree, if you aren't positive you'll eat it, why take its life? What I hate to see almost as much as senseless killing for a picture is when guys come back to the dock with 50 dolphin in the boat. One 10lb dolphin will feed my family of 5 for two meals. 50 dolphin equals a ridiculously large party or, more likely, a WASTE.
Use our resources sparingly. I want them to outlive me.
Ameristrat