Mosaic Law is where more is clarified. One should not yoke two animals of different sizes or strengths together for agricultural labor (Deuteronomy 22:10), prevent an animal from eating the grain it is treading (Deuteronomy 25:4), take a mother bird along with its eggs or hatched young (Deuteronomy 22:6-7), or leave an animal to wander or suffer even if it belongs to one's enemy (Exodus 23:4-5, Deuteronomy 22:1-4). From each of these, there it at least something else not mentioned that would also be sinful by logical necessity if the former thing is immoral, and at times this would pertain to humans rather than animals alone. Paul actually acknowledges this more than once in the New Testament amidst his affirmations of Yahweh's Torah commands [1]. Additionally, when God relented from destroying Nineveh and Jonah objected, he pointed to the city's animal lives and not just human souls when pointing out how he has a basis for being concerned for its destruction (Jonah 4:10-11).
This is not because animals cannot ever be permissibly killed by people or used for their resources. The sacrificial system in Israel required the killing of animals, though not in prolonged and torturous manners, to atone for human sin. Human life is to be prioritized over animal life, as is consistent with Genesis 1:26-27 and as exemplified in how to handle an ox that gores someone to death (Exodus 21:28-32 [2]). There is also a major difference between killing bugs that invade one's home or hunting animals for the sake of something like food or clothing and killing animals just to exert power over them, impress other people, or participate in social norms. That animals are a good part of God's creation imbued with the breath of life, just like people, would necessitate this. Similarly, hunting for population control when a species threatens the balance of the ecosystem or threatens/encroaches on human safety would be in accordance with the higher standing of humanity.
This is not why many people I have known say they hunt or fish or hope to do so. Passing time and fitting in with other people are more commonly their objectives. Consider, however, what fishing does, particularly to small fish, when there is no goal but relaxation or competition. To render such a fish unable to breathe when pulled above the water, potentially experiencing local pain from the hook and whatever barbs it might have, only to release it right after is incredibly exploitative of a living thing. It might be done for no other reason than a rush of excitement, a frenetic competition among the philosophically unconcerned, or out of a mere recreational habit. When a person does not even have a survival or resource-based reason to catch the fish and use its body afterward, they are casually and perhaps willfully disregarding the life and wellbeing of another creature. The same would be true of hunting on land when there is nothing more than tradition, contest, or personal enjoyment at its heart.
This does not mean it would always be immoral to fish, for one could fish or kill other aquatic animals for any of the aforementioned positive reasons on the Christian worldview. Not that narratives are the core revelation of Yahweh's moral nature rather than Mosaic Law, Jesus oversees a miraculous catch of fish when he tells Simon where to place his nets, and so many fish are snared that the nets break and the boats start to sink (Luke 5:1-7). Humans are not in error for simply using animals for their own benefit in certain cases. It is that the context for this legitimate killing or harvesting for resources is far more narrow than many people might be inclined to image, including people who think of themselves as Christians. Harming or killing them unnecessarily is not a valid expression of human supremacy. If someone identifies as a Christian, there is an extreme degree of hypocrisy in their professed worldview and their misconceptions about that worldview if they would reject any of this.
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