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Originally Posted by CowHunter
Out of staters pay way more for a license, ($460 myself), then you spend money on Fuel, Lodging, Food, slip / ramp fees, tackle... How is that not an economic benefit???
If you didnt have out of staters than the rec guys would be bitchin' about the com guys a few more weeks as the season stays open!
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A lot of what you post is self-serving, but this is ridiculous.
You make a profit in MA commercial fishing and you take it home with you.......otherwise you wouldn't be here. If you are as good as you make yourself out to be, then it is not a small profit either. That money benefits the state you spend it in. Presumably you pay taxes on it (although I'd bet many guys don't) and use the rest for your family's living expenses. That money in turn gets taxed and spent by others where you live (multiplier effect). If a million dollars leaves MA it results in several million dollars of lost economic activity. That is money that could be helping the people of MA.
So explain to me again how it is in the State's interest to allow out of state utilization of our commercial quota?