Mate I respect the fisheries inspectors and what they stand for .... but I would have been pretty insulted by that kind of behaviour. And forcing you to cut off the hook off your livie handline ? What a joke. Also my understanding is that your only allowed to be operating 4 fishing lines at any one time, never heard anything about number of lines set up.
I respect the fact that they have a job to do but they shouldn't make people feel like criminals when they're not