I don't want to be part of the pissing match over their either, Jamie has helped me in the past and I won't get into it about his thread - I don't really care because I don't get too worried about threads on forums in the grand scheme of things.
But, I'll say this - from what I've heard and experienced myself, this week has been slow. What happens when the "data" comes in and shows guys trolling 16-20 lines pulling in 0-5 fish consistently and the guys with 4 rods getting 0-2. Sounds like reason not to have any rod restrictions because having big spreads really isn't making a real difference right now. Of course, there is always that outlier when for instance, you get a late start and have a good day in shallow water
In short, I'm not worried about the survey. Besides, if the powers to be wanted "data" showing some extreme number of rods per boat, they'd just make it up like they did in the past.