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Originally Posted by stripermaineiac
Not the purpose of the license. That would just keep more from even bothering. Most anglers just want to fish not do poletics. The number of licenses sold is used to divy up federal funding by state with an actual head count.The fee's paid are suposed to fund the system not make it bigger.
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Not sure about other states but in Rhode Island one of the stated benefits of the Salt Water License was to improve MRIP data by providing a pool of license holder names for intercepts and data collections:
"Improving the quality and accuracy of marine recreational fishing data;" To date, the effort data has been collected by random telephone surveys to households in coastal communities. However, successful interview rates have been
dropping over the past four years, despite large increases in sample size. This trend is a main driving force behind the planned switch to an alternative mail-based methodology.
MRIP has completed pilot research projects in several states evaluating the mail-based survey methodology. Preliminary results show that the response rates are higher and survey answers are more comprehensive using this methodology. The program is
expected to fully transition soon.