Mass Saltwater License survey

[b-ware]

Originally Posted by vineyardblues

Anyone else receive the NOAA / Mass Marine survey in the mail for getting a license this year ?

WTF is question #7 A "hypothetical" question am I willing to pay $55.00 for my 2012 Saltwater fishing license

Before everybody gets upset at this BS, NOAA is a Federal Agency, Salt water fishing permits are sold/issued by the States!!!!

In Mass the monies collected go into a dedicated fund for the fishery, the Feds/NOAA gets nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BigFish]

And you ummm.....believe that? I do not.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

And you ummm.....believe that? I do not.

The F&W funds have gone into a dedicated account for as long as I've been around.

You can believe whatever you want, but the federal legislation that resulted in the license says that any state that doesn't segregate their SW license fees and keep them in a dedicated account will lose the matching funds they get from the Wallop-Breaux federal excise tax--which in our case, is several million dollars more than what license sales generate.

Even the dopes on Beacon Hill can do third grade arithmetic.

[BigFish]

I do not believe much these days Mike...for reasons which are obvious.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by b-ware

Before everybody gets upset at this BS, NOAA is a Federal Agency, Salt water fishing permits are sold/issued by the States!!!!

In Mass the monies collected go into a dedicated fund for the fishery, the Feds/NOAA gets nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And what agency regulates fishing beyond the 3 mile limit? Not the states......