I have a great problem with the resisting arrest/ assault issue on officials... from police. ambulance, fire thru to hospital staff.
There should have been more and far more charges to answer to with greater penialties.
Another rogue recreational fishermen. We give commercial fishermen so
much grief over the actions of a few, yet there are so many bad bad bad
recreational guys.
In this case I would say border line...
Many of the 'classified 'rec' who take excessive / undersized fish , usually means for illegal profit, commerce involved.
Once that is the case, it no longer becomes "rec fisherman" rather should be described correctly as Illegal commercial fishing and fisherman.
Just because someone hasnt a quota for the fish they intend or do sell doesnt make them automatically a rec fisherman... quite the opposite.
Its like media calling a boy racer idiot a Hot Rodder.. which used to be common....
And that got changed over a long consistent campaign/ complaints to media from genuine 'Rodders and their clubs.
From memory the last incident was around 5yrs ago with a hearld article on a boy racer, with a picture from the skid pad at meremere with a $120K 69 camaro in a officially NZHRA sanschened burnout comp