Good work jpinkster. I agree with your assessment of the outcome. Steeper penalties would have been nice but this is a PR win.
Would more signage help, if this is just a matter of education? Of course the limits and closures change every year, but at the very least there could be signage indicating that if you don't know the take limits - with the website URL - then take limit is zero, and that you must have knowledge of the rules for the stream in question before you fish it. That sort of thing.