I would say his age is approx 25 and I know him to be a responsable sportsmen, very much into steelhead and salmon, I think this was the first time he fished for squid. I was not present when he was ticketed so I can not speak to attitude, but knowing him I would not assume the worst. I'm assuming he thought of it as fishing and never considered shellfish since that is normally done with a shovel. My feeling is a warning would have been adequate, but again, I was not there.