[baetis]

I view poaching/illegal activity differently when it comes to fresh and saltwater.

I've seen many a freshwater pond/small lake fished out and ruined. Because of that I tend to view freshwater violations much more harshly than salt. It takes a lot less effort to create permanent harm.

IMHO, saltwater regulations are often based on politics and monkeys that fly out of the rumps of politicians and not actual fisheries science. It doesn't bother me to see someone keeping a "short" fluke when I know there is a commercial fisherman in the same water that is allowed to keep an even shorter fish and sell it or discard hundreds of fish as by product. One guy is a thief and the other isn't. It doesn't make much sense to me.