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I would venture to guess that 75% of the guys who hold a Mass commercial license don't fish for anything else, commercially. The 25% who do, I feel for them, because they're being aced out by guys fishing to defray the cost of their fun.
It's a joke--$65 for a license and bass endorsement for in-staters, $160 for out of staters. It's a system designed for recs to defray their fishing costs. It's unfair to guys who make a living from fishing, and DMF should start by requiring documentation from license holders that at least 50% of their income is derived from the sale of fin and shellfish.
Wouldn't it be nice for the guys who fish for a living to be able to sell bass in June and September, maybe even into October? Eliminate the recs from selling fish, and you'd be able to actually make money from selling bass.
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