I'll bite. LOL
Love it or hate it, one will never rid the world of which he despises.
A culture of river fisherman won't be leaving any sooner than a commercial fisherman, a hunter, or a trapper just for example. As with anything there is a time and a place. If harvest quotas allow for it then there will certainly be people who will justify the need to do so.
Doesn't make anyone a loser, it's just not for you I guess.
I should also mention, I have given a lot of thought to the fishery that occurs near most estuaries during the fall. Snagging ( I despise blantant snagging for harvest or anything else) and it really bothers me to see the guy doing it. However, who are we to impose the idea that angling is in anyway better . It's a moral issue here. If one is hunting these fish for survival then any means necessary really. The idea that angling is pure is BS really. We are doing it for sport in most cases when in the context of the recreational sport fishery. Some may say we are loosers for playing with our fish.
Depends on our perspective.