In most cases logic doesn't factor into regulations. Politics and big money does. Case in point....state taxes. The average tax payer in NJ pays 3.5% on money they earn every year. Tax tables are graduated based on earnings but on average 3.5% is the effective rate the average NJ resident pays. So we pay 3.5% on money we earn, but we pay 7% sales tax to spend that same money! And since spending drives the economy, why not charge the average run of the mill Joe 7% or 2x the average effective tax rate to spend their hard earned money! Talk about lack of logic. Government is detached from reality as anyone on this planet. Regulations for our fisheries aren't made with the interest of the fisheries in mind unfortunately, they're made with money and politics in mind. Recreational anglers interests and fishery interests take a distant back seat, sad but true.