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BasicPatrick · 12-23-2008, 11:30 AM

To All Interested,

As a member of the MA Recreational Registry Committee I have been asked to pass the word to recreaional fishermen across the State. The following is a message from MA DMF.

“On December 23rd NOAA Fisheries released a final rule to comply with new provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The final rule requires anglers and spearfishers who fish recreationally in federal ocean waters to be included in the national saltwater angler registry by January 1, 2010. NOAA had originally proposed that registration be required beginning January 1, 2009, but based on public input decided to give states another year to put in place their own data collection systems.”

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories..._registry.html

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/mrip/abo...Final_Rule.pdf

12-23-2008, 11:30 AM	#1
BasicPatrick M.S.B.A. iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA Posts: 2,795	Mandatory Salt Water Fishing License Put Off For One Year To All Interested, As a member of the MA Recreational Registry Committee I have been asked to pass the word to recreaional fishermen across the State. The following is a message from MA DMF. “On December 23rd NOAA Fisheries released a final rule to comply with new provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The final rule requires anglers and spearfishers who fish recreationally in federal ocean waters to be included in the national saltwater angler registry by January 1, 2010. NOAA had originally proposed that registration be required beginning January 1, 2009, but based on public input decided to give states another year to put in place their own data collection systems.” http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories..._registry.html http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/mrip/abo...Final_Rule.pdf
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