The Mass quota is/was based on [OLD] landings >>> which were made up by a good percentage of Ri Anglers /selling in mass // otherwise the Mass quota wouldn,t be 30 fish on the days that,s its open & the 5 on sunday ;;
many moons ago > you just caught fish & sold them /only restricting was they had to be 16"
you didn,t need a commercial license in either state ;;
NOW {{ MASS }} still allows you to get a license // to anyone one from any state / one reason there are approx 6000 mass commercials ;;
In RI you CAN>T get a Commercial license to catch anything .......
they have one lincense available / which allows you to catch /some no value fish //bluefish . dabs, etc.
SOOOOOOOOOO its not just the Mass commercials that can,t get the license /its ANYBODY .>>>>>>>>>
the only way to get a RI license is >..supposely if 3 or 4 are not renewed in a given year the state mat opt to open one >..even though I,ve never heard of it ::
The other way is to buy a guys business / boat / pots , etc &&&& only if he has enough landings ;;
there are hundreds of fisherman who are kicking themselves in the ass for not keeping their licenses during the mo[SP} not just R/R but mainly shellfisherman ;;
Also RI season is a joke / it open is open 5 days a week w/a 5 fish limit stating in june / &&&&&&& every year the state of RI closes it early //[this year] less than two weeks / because the estimate that we are nearing the quota // [f%^&*() guessestimate
Then they open for 3 days around labor day ...with only a 3 fish limit && then close again 7 open sometime in october with either a 3 or 5 fish limit & THAT DEPENDS if the fish god got laid the nite before ;; &&&&&&&&&&& In the last 3 seasons / the RI limit was not reached by R/R .. the let the traps & draggers finish it off ;;
With this being said .. Mass has the larger quota thanks to many old time RI commercial fisherman & the mass commercial season is a f $%^&*()&^ zoo because the state lets anyone with the money become a commercial fisherman ;;
take all the fish solf in the RI & Mass commercial seasons && it doesn,t equal #^&#^&#^&#^&-%$%$%$%$ to the by-catch kill/rec >.take home & bucket brigrade ;;
add the slaughter that goes on down south in the winter fishery ....... & this whole thread isn,t a drop in the f $%^&*()(*& bucket >
