NOYB wrote:

My experience says that if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.

That's true, right up to the point where the people who decide "right
and wrong" move the goalposts. Moral and ethical absolutes remain
constant, but "legal" standards blow all over the landscape sbject to a
lot of variables.

One of the problems with the pastime of fishing, at least locally, is
that its nearly a full time job to keep up with the regulations. This
area is open, then that area is open, then some area that was scheduled
to open doesn't while some other area has the season extended
unexpectedly. You can kill Fish A but you have to release Fish B,
unless such and such a pararagraph in subsection X applies as recorded
on page 72 of a pamphlet that was out of stock at the bait shop. Screw
it. It's just easier to buy fish at the market.
(Maybe that's one of the objectives for the regulators: keeping the
rules confusing tends to minimize the number of people fishing)