Deep water fish release?

[mikeytheflop]

At the end of every year I do an offshore seabass trip, fishing ~200' water. Invariably, I always see a few shorts come up, get tossed over, and see them either make it back or, usually, die (barotrauma, seagull, etc.). Any thoughts or ideas here?

I did some searching on the net and found this:

http://www.eregulations.com/newjerse...catch-release/

I thought it was very interesting that it referenced our East coast fishery. I also liked the embedded video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZFghwVOyI

The goal of my post is to self-educate and see if there is anything I can do to help our beautiful fishes.

Thanks!