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Old 01-27-2013, 06:29 PM   #11
Pete F.
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Originally Posted by spence View Post
Not necessarily.

It's quite likely that the shift to a private contractor was an effort to defray rising costs of fishery management rather than create more net revenue for the state.

-spence
Since originally the license fee paid for the administrative costs, this increased the available funds. How are license fees dealt with in Mass, part of F&W budget or General fund? Perhaps in other words, the fee is a tax

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