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Originally Posted by bluefishercat
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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I heartly agree, especially since I fish in two states' waters sometimes on the same night simply by walking further down the beach. Unless there is reciprocity among the states alot of fishermen will just find other ways of spending their time which might cost the states more in the long run. Just my $.02 rel