I'm all for hunting & poaching; never tried whaling, though I did eat whale in Norway as a kid (not a whole one) & I still regard Moby Dick with a special sort of reverence. As far as folk songs go, sing 'em loud & often I say, although I have seen the righteous scuttling off during a hearty chorus of Ballina Whalers, and turning their noses up at The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate and The Innocent Hare - but I have coursed & killed & eaten hare, so it has a particular resonance for me. I've shot & ate rabbits too, but that doesn't have the same sense of ceremony somehow, nor yet the same sense of utter & perfect communion, though these days any huntin' & shootin' I do with my camera.

Do people object to fishing in the same way I wonder?

Otherwise, each to their own.