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Old 04-17-2008, 11:55 AM   #12
piemma
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Originally Posted by numbskull View Post
I'm curious, why does MA allow out of state commercial fisherman to fish in state waters and use up commercial allocation share? Do they have to because of federal law? I don't have a commercial permit and the qouta will be the same either way, so I have no stake in this, but it does seem like the MA commercial guys would want the neighboring state guys kept away.
As far as I know it's the same in all states. Out of staters pay a premium but they can get a permit.

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