RECREATIONAL SALTWATER FISHING PERMIT

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishsmith

# Establishes annual permit fees and other service charges:

1. $10 resident and non-resident permit fee;
2. $125 resident chart vessel permit and $625 non-resident charter permit fees; and
3. $175 resident head boat permit fees and $855 non-resident head boat permit fees.

Good. It's about time this state started taking actions to help local businesses.

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Good. It's about time this state started taking actions to help local businesses.

I can see your point that it helps local business by charging out of state guys more but......................these local business now have another fee to pay so it doesn't help them from that perspective at all.

I hope all this money actually goes to a good cause that will help in the long run instead of more waste.

[Mr. Sandman]

LOL...RI is the most corrupt state in the nation. The money will be stolen, laundered, abused, and probably used for a bribe. I never understood the logic where they punish those that create jobs.

I have lived in 7 states and RI probably has the best geographic potential out of any of them yet the officials are a laughing stock outside the state. It is pathetic.

The reality is few will even buy the lic. They have no enforcement. How many times were you stopped and asked to show your lic this year?

[a4scoot]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

The reality is few will even buy the lic. They have no enforcement. How many times were you stopped and asked to show your lic this year?

Twice!! Saw the "Green Police" a lot more than that. Last time I went it was just me and them watching.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by a4scoot

Twice!! Saw the "Green Police" a lot more than that. Last time I went it was just me and them watching.

The Green Police aren't asking for the Registry card because it's a Federal regulation, and there's no penalty in the law for not having one, it seems. I was told by an EPO in April that any enforcement would be "informational-only". There's also no revenue in enforcing it this year, since there was no fee to get one, and there's no fine for not having one.

Next year, I'm betting that there will be enforcement