Menhaden Bill introduced

[MakoMike]

Vic,
A license is coming, if not state, then federal, it was contained in the Magnesson-Stevens reauthorization that passed in December and was signed into law in January. Its a done deal, now we get to argue about the details.

Scup and sea bass may not be important to you, but they are certainly important to all the tackle shops. They sell a lot more scup and sea bass bait than eels for stripers.

[macojoe]

State is being forced to do the lic!! if they don't do it the feds will, this means the state will lose the money, so if its going to happen the state will do so as not to lose the cash!

I for one will never pay for a Saltwater lic!! Not until they move all the dragger's out to 3 mile limit!
What are we going to get for are money?? Nothing!!

I am not against dragger's, they do what they allow them to do, but they have ruined the inshore fishery! There is no place for them inshore!

When the DMF and others start protecting the inshore fishery so that those of us that fish it can, and catch fish, then and only then will I pay for a lic.

[Pt.JudeJoe]

Ark is usually only getting pogies locally for a short time.They will just move the boats to New Jersey earlier than usual and the bait shops and lobstermen will get their bait the same way they do all summer.