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Hooked on Recovery: What Fisheries Science Tells Us About Every Release You Make

Hooked on Recovery: What Fisheries Science Tells Us About Every Release You Make

Catch-and-release sounds simple—unhook the fish, drop it back in the water, done. But fisheries biologists will tell you there's a lot more going on beneath the surface. The decisions you make in those critical seconds between catch and release can mean the difference between a thriving population and a struggling one.