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Why not just have a saltwater fishing license with no differentiation between resident and nonresident. I can see some rationial for a difference in fees for inland waters where fish are raised in hatcherys and stocked for a put and take fishery, but not where the migratory fish have no cost to the fishery management entity. To tell the truth I have never thought that nonresident license fees being higher was beneficial to the states, I actually think it reduces their revenues overall. Nonresident recreational fisherman spend a lot of money and keep fewer fish than residents.
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