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Originally Posted by Kensdock

The money from the salt water license would be matched by federal funds.

Wrong, it is not a dollar for dollar matching fund. Perhaps you need to learn a bit about Wallop-Breaux. Here is a little tidbit for you: "“Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1952 (Sport Fishing and Boating Enhancement Fund or the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund): This fund is derived from fees, taxes, and duties imposed on (recreational) fishing equipment, (non-commercial) motorboat fuel, imported watercraft, and fishing tackle. The revenues are allocated to the States, on a formula basis, and are used to protect natural resources and enhance recreational (fishing and boating) opportunities for millions of Americans. " NJ already receives Wallop-Breaux funds, but yes it would receive more funds if the number of registered anglers was greater. Difference is the "federal funds" would not "match" the money from a salt water license. Accuracy Ken, you need to be able to support what you say, and to date you cannot.

Noaa reported salt water angler numbers alone at one million four hundred thousand!

Now now Ken, we already discussed this in another thread. You continue to use the highest number on record, even though it is from the year 2007. You said that you had seen that number quoted in the past and that was why you used it. Yet, after being corrected on the accuracy of the number and told that the more recent number from NOAA is some 200,000 anglers lower, you continue to use only that one.

Let's try and be both accurate AND current with our data shall we?

Depending on the price of a saltwater license the NJ salt water license would raise about 40,000,000.00 dollars annually to enhance our salt water fishing.

That number has also been proven false. If you bothered to ask the state itself (or even bothered to read any of the numerous FACTS and ECONOMIC STATISTICS FROM STATES WITH LICENSES you'd know that number is a lie, unless you charged several hundred dollars per person.

Even the state of NC, which by the way is estimated by NOAA to have more anglers than NJ, gets a fraction of the number you post as being possible for NJ.

Facts Ken, not rhetoric or supposition. You've already shown in the other thread that you have nothing but Grimm's Fairy Tales to back up your statistics, let's try to be accurate shall we?

Charter boats, Tackle shops and salt water guides service will cotinue to go bankrupt!

yes, and we all know how concerned you are for those in the industry based on your comments here and elsewhere.