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TIL catch and release fishing has an 18% average mortality rate (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] goldfishmotorcycle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What’s the margin for error on this? An 82% chance of immortality sounds like a bet I might be willing to take.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I know you are joking, but if you were curious, it's from a meta-analysis based on the mortality data from 53 studies. The rates vary between species as well

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