It's Official, NY Saltwater Fishing License!

captjoekingcod

Bill is through the senate and awaiting official release.

$4 one day
$10 per year
$20 non resident
$150 lifetime
$250 per year party/charter boat
To be implemented by October 2009

As time goes on I can only see fees increasing, and recreational fishing becomeing more and more restrictive.

CT, RI, MA, and Jersey, will most likely fall in line and pass their own version of ths SWF license.

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AlloyToy

Capt. Joe, where do they intend to use the revenue???

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captjoekingcod

They claim it will be used for a special marine district fund. What that means, and if it happens....we'll see.

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halfpoint69

Ok.. so this might be a stupid question....But what happens if I am coming from Ct and fishing at the Ny/CT seperation line? Do I have to have a NY license? Do I have to have a permit from CT? What?? You would figure that the surrounding states would get together and have a common license for all states and MATCHING regulations for ALL states... This is just another confusing BS way to collect $$$$ and give out fines. I doubt that one penny will go into bringing back the fishery..The following year it will get all transfered into the general fund and its everybodies money. And now there will be the Joes of the world saying" Well, I pay to fish and I pay for my boat and I pay for my gas and I pay,pay,pay,pay, so I am not going to follow regulations and I am going to keep whatever I catch, even if it is a searobin!" This is going to be a problem.. You are going to have these guys and ladies alike doing this sort of thing. I believe this will increase the poaching and there will be no monies put into the education, preservation, or environmental side at all. If there was a uniform bill across all states and uniform regulations across all states, with the money going to direct development of coastal waters, then this might work, otherwise to me it is just another state doing legal extortion. period. Just my 2 cents..

AlloyToy

This could get interesting in RI for the "The Cambodian fleet" whom practices catch & fillet along the shorelines of Narragansett

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captjoekingcod

With the new fluke regs in NY, not to mention the porgy and blackfish regs we'll be paying $150 to NOT fish!

Fed. and state government are turning our once free ocean into just another taxing vessel to fill their coffers.

Prove me wrong.

P.S. there is another bill being introduced in the NY senate that will ask the state to declare up to 20% of it's coastal waters a protected NO FISHING ZONE!!!!!

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rydogg

pay to catch less!! sounds about right, charge and get less. where are they going to sell them at 7-11? lol!! where will we get these permits from? we will need them for the fall run this year. who will enfoce it, they havent had enough enforcers in years.

RDSX08 Going Deeper

Great, were I live, I can drift five feet and be in CT, MA, and NY depending which way the wind blows. What's even more ridiculous is that if you catch in one of those states and go through another to go home, you will be illegal unless you obtain all three. Can you say _@!#%@!:B angHead:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Whats next, they will tax me to take a swim!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diggin It II

[QUOTE=halfpoint69;62554]Ok.. so this might be a stupid question....But what happens if I am coming from Ct and fishing at the Ny/CT seperation line? Do I have to have a NY license? Do I have to have a permit from CT? What??


What will be the rule on the water? Obviously no matter where you fish, your home port or where you launched is the regs you need to follow. But know are we gonna need to hold three or four different licenses to fish our waters? What the F@#K! Already holding an HMS permit isnt bad, even the fresh water license I have to fish above the bridges in the CT River I can live with but when will it end.

Reel Irish

Looks like we will all need faster boats!