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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
I don’t support a license for several reasons and it’s not about having to spend $x on a license.
- I don’t think it would increase access it would decrease it. You and your family are down at the beach or the bay for the day or on vacation and you think to yourself, let’s go fishing but you don’t have license. Probably means you’re not going to fish part of that maybe money, inconvenience or both and that would be a shame.
- I hear the money will be used for free ramps, yeah where? Most every piece of convenient land on the water in NJ is owned privately or by a municipality.. We do have some land owned by the state in Leonardo and in Atlantic City but you pay to launch.
- Since we’re taxed to death already, our state has enough money to do practically what ever it wants to since the state budget is now $56 Billion. It’s not a matter of money, it’s a matter of priorities.
- Some say we’re missing out on federal funding since we don’t have a license and others say it wouldn’t make a difference. I’d like to see proof one way or the other.
- I’d love to see more funding for the reef program but I don’t trust that the money from the license will be spent the way we want it , it will be spent the way they want it and you can guarantee they’ll be a lot of waste and mismanagement of the funds, this is NJ people. If we want money for the reef let’s raise money for it so we’re sure that’s where it gets used. Let’s also get our state to make it and other things we need a priority. It’s our money, not theirs!
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This topic has been beaten to death , and a lot of inaccurate info continues .
While license fees go into the general fund , having a SW license allows the state to apply to get funds we ALREADY paid back in excise tax’s .
Those funds can Only be used for SW improvement and ACCESS.
Accesss being the number one priority.
Broad Bill had posted we already get out excise portion back .
Talking to Peter that’s absolutely incorrect .
The rules are very specific that money sent back is based on actual license sales .
Other states such as Florida go after every penny they can , and it’s why they have free ramps etc all over .
Funds brought in from excise tax’s on freshwater tackle have been used to provide river access points in many very affluent areas .
State used the funds to purchase land , and made permanent access to great rivers throughout the state .
There is always something that can be purchased .
Or muniple spots like AH those funds can pay the daily fee so it’s free to launch .
Those crying about paying for a license end up spending way more paying launch fees all over the state yearly .
Reason we don’t have a license is FG marine division was told they would get no additional money for extra CO to enforce the license .
So the declined.
Anyone thinking fisherman voicing their opinions stopped the license are just kidding themselves .
NJ could care less about any funds benefitting hunters and fisherman in this state .
Because they can’t TAP that money for other interests .
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