As a manager, of fish, I believed that you couldn't call yourself a manger until you could argue for and implement a fishery that you personally would not participate in or close down one of your favorites.
For quite a while, while I was in the Agency's hatchery program, I represented the agency on some DOE committees. Couple times I shared participations with somebody from the Habitat Program. He told me that I could participate in issues affecting hatcheries but he'd handle the rest. My view was that I was there to represent the Agency and if that meant taking positions that were not in hatcheries favor, I was to represent the Agency. That view actually was communicated to me by my Hatcheries Boss.