Hmmm, I seem to recall that Justice William O. Douglas wrote an opinion - although it may have been a dissenting one - about trees having standing, that is, legal standing before the court. And it wasn't due to their worth as logs and lumber, but with regard to wilderness preservation. Anyway, if the court has held that a tree has intrinsic value, it shouldn't be difficult to establish the same for a fish.

BTW, Todd, this is a very good thread, but I'd almost bet a dollar to a hole in a donut that within 4 months, in another thread on this BB someone will scream the scare of foregone opportunity yet again.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.