It does indeed. I was actually sat on a chair, on a slipway with the water near to the top of my wellies. No net, I drew the fish alongside me, lifted it out of the water with my left hand and hook out with the right before grabbing my camera. Minimal contact, not so much the scales but also minimum loss of slime/mucous. Had an even bigger one this morning, no single handed lift with that one, needed both hands but still with minimum contact. Straight onto a wet unhooking mat, job soon done. The very worst thing that novices can do is to hold bream with a rag or towel, even a wet one. That does remove the slime, leaving the fish open to infection which can then effect other fish.