Back when the GH Policy was being adopted several times the phrase " rowdy fisheries " and the need to insure they didn't exist was said. Take a large group of people doing anything shouting carrying on is normal. That conduct is not acceptable to many who think of sport fishing as it was 50 years ago. Then what do you want with more than one or two fish as that should be enough for anyone! The idea of smoking and canning fish for the rest of the year simply is not an acceptable thing. You see that is what commercial fisheries provide for you to purchase. The bias toward REC fishers is real.

If I remember was not there a sport/commercial license years back? I do not remember how it worked but maybe somebody else does?