Because everybody on this forum agrees selective fishing in a mixed stock fishery is good for both fish and harvest, and it will be an integral part of future sustainable fisheries. I think supporters of these proposals believe there will be some benefit, even if it's hoping their good faith efforts will reward them. There's an obvious confusion between a tool (selective harvest), and the derelict use of the tool (putting it in front of other less efficient fisheries), an entirely different problem.