To just chalk it IronNoggin's post to "whataboutism" does it a disservice. The article is asking a very specific question. How, in the exact same water, catching the exact same fish, can C&R be praised in one sector and reviled in another? It is a legtimate question. But one that will never be answered. Similar to the assertion that C&R of large breeding halibut has dire consequences but the killing and processing of them by the commercial fleet doesn't. Some of life's greatest mysteries.
As far as the code of conduct goes; it is more or less an attempt to throw a bandaid on a sucking chest wound. Stocks are declining. They have been for years but in the last 15 they have collapsed. Handing control over to First Nations won't reverse that; it will shift the blame though, and cause major fighting among the various bands (issues between Upper and lower Fraser Bands are already becoming heated) and I guess that may be the end game itself. Until Canada wants to actually address the issues facing salmon; enact real change, this will accomplish nothing.