Yep, it bothered me last year quite a bit. Volunteering my free time to care for these eggs over a long period of time just to see them slit for their eggs and lose any chance of reproduction. Something tells me that those who are slitting for the eggs arent typically those who volunteer. That being said if you do volunteer you deserve to slit a belly or two, as long as you put back more than you take who cares how much you take. Think about it, if everyone put back more than they took or at least donated money to stocking programs then we would never have any issues.
But believe me, I dug deep asking numerous CO's, tip hotlines and information booths and all gave me the same answer (its funny to think that its ok to slit a chinny for its eggs but controlling the carp population is a nono) With that being said one thing that is never certain is the officers discretion. At the end of the day its another grey area and anything could happen, for example what if you run into the CO chase talked to?