text: The purpose of catch and release is to help preserve the fishery and leave the fish for the next fisherman to catch. I am not referring to salmon but all other sport fish. I love to fish and Alaska has great fishing compared to the rest of the country. Your time would be better spent writing an article about how to properly release a fish to help assure it will live another day. If the the options are to be killed and eaten or released what do you think the fish would chose?