#fishing ethics

I've been thinking about this lately... using hooks just seems like a cruel practice. What's the point of catching a fish just to release it with a holes in its mouth? It's not like it's going to survive anyway. And don't even get me started on barbed hooks... who thought that was a good idea? Are we really that incompetent as fishermen that we need to rely on inflicting pain to catch our prey? Maybe it's time to rethink our approach.