What i learned about where the money goes when I read the freaking thing!!!
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Originally Posted by OntheWater_Reg_Watch_4_07.doc
" The purpose of a national registry of saltwater anglers, according to Forbes Darby, National Recreational Fisheries Coordinator at NOAA, is not to create a new tax to squeeze money out of anglers. “The goal is to make it possible to collect the best data to best manage the fishery,” said Darby. Currently, NOAA’s Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS) is the primary way scientists and managers count how many fish recreational fishermen are catching and keeping each year. The survey relies on randomly dialing households in coastal counties to track recreational fishermen, a highly inefficient process in which many anglers are missed and many non-angler households are phoned. By building a virtual phonebook of anglers, the registry would make counting fishermen and conducting a survey substantially more accurate and efficient."
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Every other state that has this in effect has no problems with it... other then the occasional fine and confiscation of gear from those that choose to violate the rule in effect...