The article is informing us of the removal of public input--an obama promise--from the lawmaking process, and the elasticity of the law, which could lead to a scenario where you cannot fish lawfully on your own property. It's not far-fetched at all.
Conservation is awesome, Preservation is retarded. This law tends to the Preservation side of the spectrum, which ultimately serves to keep and protect wildlife without humans being able to enjoy--and more importantly manage--its growth.
The article talks about the huge voting base of fishers...I couldn't see how any fisherman, who is stereotypically not a left-winger, would have voted PrObama in the first place (meaning that them rising to an occasion now would do nothing new), but now I can see that it is possible, though I can't understand it. Thanks for that elucidation.
These laws won't stop anyone who wants these fish from getting them, just another unnecessary and elastic law to be exploited down the road to harass law abiding citizens.