Good call, made an account just to post this. In your comments, call them out on their past research. They did a study themselves on how barbless and single hooks dont really do much to the mortality rate. Keep messaging and letting them know, who ever tried to propose this, should at least have the decency to ask the people who have studied the proposed topic before.
http://www.eregulations.com/newjerse...h-hooks-lures/