Amateur at playing the system. I he'd had the correct forms he wouldn't be in trouble at all. Hence the low punishment. The Treaty of Waitangi ensures that, whether you like it or not. If you don't like it go and find your Hapu and Iwi and you can do the same. Commercial fishing have got away with worse crimes. Neither are excusable, but thats the 'world class fisheries' regime New Zealand operates under.