These “sea bums” don’t work for a living and seem to get their money from some magical hole...and a hell of a lot of it.
You are right that the harvest is limited to the permitted number allotted only. On land, it’s called “wildlife management” but on the sea it’s called “needless, senseless, MURDER!”
I’ll just bet the Japs have started a secret chain letter called the “Get Captain Cocoapuffs & His Smelly Sea Hippies” fund, to be awarded to anyone who sends that motley crew to Davy Jones.