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From a fisheries standpoint - say you pay off all the poor people to quit, and that's maybe half. Then you jack up the fees for the half that can afford it. Then, a certain number who wouldn't quit for $500, will quit if you offer them $2000.
Now you're down to maybe 20% of the pressure on the fishery. Which means, the fishery should recover, and won't need as much management, so you can lay off half the enforcement and fisheries management people too.
Thus, at the end of the plan - each caught fish now brings in a ton of money and the fishery becomes super great and the domain of the rich. Who will flock to the area to experience the greatest striper fishing in the world. And the only people that suffer are the filthy poor, and some marginal tackle shop and motel owners.
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