[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Don't go there. You too can buy a commercial license and keep whatever the law allows. That you choose not to is your choice, that is all. Also keep in mind that the fish kept in a commercial fishery benefit many people besides the guy who catches them. Those people vote, too, so their opinion counts though it is convenient to ignore them. From the general publics' point of view, the optimal use of a public resource almost always involves commercial as well as recreational use.

Well put