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So I am one of the 5 citizens appointed to the MA Recreational Fisheries Development Panel and ironically we are having one of our bi annual meetings today.
FYI...Last year after conforming to the Federal Law and approving some public informational literature we also approved building a fishing pier at the launch ramp along Highbank Road on the Bass River in Yarmouth. We selected this project because the public access board had already paid for permits and engineering to redo the launch ramp and thus the project was well under "retail value" The construction is going on right now so you can go see where the money is going.
FYI....I am happy to come visit any fishing club and provide an update in person.
Of course we need more enforcement of fisheries regulations however I will ask the direct question as to how more money will accomplish that? The EPO's are part of the State Police and are completely separate from MA Fish & Game. They worked very hard to split off years ago. They are already paid to enforce fisheries regulations. They assign more than 75% of their resources west of route 128. Another point is that I also do not want enforcement of the new license to take the place of enforcing size and bag limits. Bye the way, there was significant EPO presence in and around Chatham during that incredible commercial bite last year.
Live Long and Prosper
As far as the EPO's I have a few comments.
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