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Originally Posted by DZ
There are ways to get your clients more fish - gift the clients the extra fish for the capt and mate bag. For example a four person charter would get 6 fish vice four. Be creative in your ad - "We'll even give you fish from our crew". And if you're a R&R comm also - give them your fish.
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Respectfully disagree
Every time a poll is placed in the public it is made clear most citizens feel that a recreational angler is a recreational angler regardless of the fishing platform (for hire vessel, private vessel or shore). What you propose here is MUCH WORSE that a conservation equivalency. This is straight up more fish for someone just because they are fishing on a for hire vessel.
One of the comments I will be suggesting to the MSBA Executive Board is that if a conservation equivalency is adopted that MSBA that a captain and crew be prohibited from legally "gifting" fish to clients.
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