In last weeks episode, Peter Clarke, from njfw returned and we started talking about ways to fund the artificial reef program and the idea of a pay for saltwater license came up...
My gut reaction was to say hell no, but if there was some way to assure 100% of the license sales went back into our marune fisheries, i could consider playing ball; do you feel the same way?
Im the last person to trust "the government", but i could trust good people like Peter working there, so i feel like there is some path to this working.
Also, i look at how great places like florida are where you need to purchase a license to fish the saltwater and the use the money to build and maintain the marine environment, fishing access points, etc.
We think nothing of buying freshwater licenses every year because the stocking program is top notch so i think i can be sold on a saltwater license if it meant a better saltwater fiahing experience...
Link to the youtube episode below (also available on spotify):
https://youtu.be/O6wQQRcShLQ?si=Hikphb4v44aWUPOC
