The Sea Kitten.....Really?

Okay, so I'm not really sure if this is a serious thing or not, but it is probably the thing that pushed me over the edge.

PETA has recently decided that the word "Fish" should be changed to "Sea Kitten". The reason for this is to stimulate sympathy for fish and end the "Cruel hunting of Sea Kittens."

I am an avid fisherman and a biologist who has studied under an ichthyologist for several years. I have a lot of respect for the game that I pursue and study. But I also understand that if it wasn't for the efforts of sportsmen that the conditions that fish live in would not be even remotely similar to what they are today.

In recent years sportsmen across the country have worked and funded efforts to improve water quality and protect habitat. They do it in an effort to support what they love....fish.

I wonder if anyone involved in the Sea Kitten Campaign has thought about what would happen if fishing was outlawed. Have they thought about what would happen to the people who own businesses that are supported by fishing? I don't know what to think of a world that puts the rights of fish above the rights of people.

One more thing that is so outrageous that I'm not sure what to make of it. On the Fishing Hurts website that PETA uses to get this message across it implies that good Christians won't eat fish because it is unhealthy and cruel to God's creatures. Despite the fact that it is widely agreed that eating fish is good for you, the Bible states "Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life--the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock, wild animals, and small animals." Gen. 1:26. So don't make this a biblical issue because the Bible is not going to back you on the abolition of the practices of sportsmen.