I have great sympathy for our friends the fish and I think - as they also affirm on the site you posted - that they hurt when hooked!
Domenico Modugno (Volare) sang a song "Pescespada" (Swordfish) with such a heartwrenching text and with such feeling that I cried for hours when I heard it the first time. It tells the story of a female swordfish who is hit (with those "forks") by fishermen and her partner remains at her side to comfort her and in the end he is taken too.
This reflects a sad reality. It's terrible.
Love and Harmony,
Margherita

