Steve, I think that a great many sea anglers would take issue with that, I know very many that never take fish for the table, for myself, I occasionally do, but the vast majority are released.I am a Coarse, Sea and Game angler, so I sit on both sides of the fence if you like.
Going back to earlier posts....However you look at it, it is very difficult to be a pleasure fisherman, who actually catches fish, without sticking hooks in them,and by playing them to the net,and causing them distress.. my point being... yes, you can use all the unhooking mats, soft mesh nets,antiseptic ointment, in the world, you can rest the fish before release, but it is you (and me), and every other angler Sea Game, or Coarse),on a personal and individual level,who causes the distress in the first place,for sport. You simply cannot get away from that fact.