I volunteered for years on the board of a well known rec fishing org in BC. I gave it up when we started to default to capitulation to that user group. Nothing got done and everything hinged on the views of that user group and how we could "work with them". Well working with them didnt improve anything for the recreational angler, but sure as you-know-what didnt do anything to impinge on the free-for-all by that user group. It was wheel spinning around at its finest. So yes I have a LOT of experience in this.

Again, it doesnt take away from the total lack of effort by DFO to manage, enhance, and enforce. However, its the elephant in the room.