That's a good question.
Some of my members feel that, yes, the C and P officers may, in certain cases with certain groups, turn and look the other way. For whatever reason—you can only speculate—in some cases, if they approach individuals exercising rights-based fishing, they face a lot of hostility. There's a limit; there's only so much that they can or may take. There's speculation that maybe sometimes they're told “hands off”.
At this point, it's like those catches in St. Marys Bay. It's all speculation until you know what the truth is.
My members feel that yes, in some cases, it's a hands-off approach.