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Originally Posted by DZ
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.
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IIRC that was the sole reason congress enacted the salt water license.