It is also an enforcement issue. With the reserves being off limits to all, including recreational divers, any boat caught in the area is busted, case closed. So the jury is still out because the reserve proposal is too new. Catch and release fishing supporters are still not convinced. People will always resist giving up their rights.
Fishermen are generally very independent and fierce about their rights.
But as the number of fishermen grows, and the fish populations decline, we may be faced with limiting our rights to the resource where we can agree on the strategy. I would look forward to participating in another process in the future. The facilitator must be very skilled and ours was pretty darn good. I must give him a lot of credit. While I disagree with some of his timing, and fairness, overall he was very good.