This thread represents one of the major problems faced by a manager. Data. All of our catch data quality rests on the honesty of the catcher. Where it was caught, when it was caught, H or W, and so om. If fish, or any other resource, are mis/non reported there is little that the manager can do about it.

Sure, if you don't report accurately you take more (in the short term), you can get your "share", and so on. Short-term gains. It also means that all those models that are so regularly bashed here are populated with poor information.

And, as a disclaimer, in my years of managing I was aware of issues within all user groups; they all did/do it.