That's lying, and I don't do that. I guess some of that Academy training actually stuck

It is ironic that some of us advocate dishonesty as a means toward reaching our goals, then we get all in a lather about the possibility that the commercial fishers have the audacity to lie about their bycatch

This tactic undermines our credibility as a special interest group -- if the perception is that our wild fish release testimony is bogus, the powers-that-be will simply move on to a different and likely stricter metric. Or, they might even say, "To h__l with it, if we can't get accurate data, there will be no sport fishery."