Salt water fishing license? Would you pay?

[dales529]

IMHO: The reason NJ has a FREE SW Registry is because thats what anglers preferred and the reason for that is there was /is no provisions for SWL fees to go back into NJ SW fishing, added game wardens, launches or public access.
Most would pay a SWL with any comfort level that the funds would end up benefitting the resource but unless someone can tell me different that's not the case.

Take for instance NJ Shellfish Licenses Fees ( Andy I know you asked this before) and I still can not provide accurate details but research and phone calls led to this:
Shellfish Licenses Fees are managed by NJDEP and NJFW then to the Bureau of Marine Habitat & Shellfisheries and Bureau of Marine Fisheries which make up the Marine Resources Administration. Try to follow that money trail LOL. I could NOT

Point being how much of your License Fee do you actually feel goes back to the resource?? And this is a managed License fee. Now imagine the Bureau's that would be created to manage a NJ State SWL

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by dales529

IMHO: The reason NJ has a FREE SW Registry is because thats what anglers preferred and the reason for that is there was /is no provisions for SWL fees to go back into NJ SW fishing, added game wardens, launches or public access.
Most would pay a SWL with any comfort level that the funds would end up benefitting the resource but unless someone can tell me different that's not the case.

Take for instance NJ Shellfish Licenses Fees ( Andy I know you asked this before) and I still can not provide accurate details but research and phone calls led to this:
Shellfish Licenses Fees are managed by NJDEP and NJFW then to the Bureau of Marine Habitat & Shellfisheries and Bureau of Marine Fisheries which make up the Marine Resources Administration. Try to follow that money trail LOL. I could NOT

Point being how much of your License Fee do you actually feel goes back to the resource?? And this is a managed License fee. Now imagine the Bureau's that would be created to manage a NJ State SWL

Agreed! NY had one briefly and fishermen pushed back and had it dropped.
But could you imagine the Bureau? It would be the most fantastic and beautiful one you’ll ever see

[bulletbob]

any reason why my reply was deleted?... It was a perfectly valid opinion as to where the SW license fees might very well wind up in NJ as well as NY... bob

[1captainron]

Pretty sure Government overreach is going to be addressed after the first. Let's hope this is one area not at the bottom of the list!!!

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by 1captainron

Pretty sure Government overreach is going to be addressed after the first. Let's hope this is one area not at the bottom of the list!!!

Id never trust the government with this but i just keep thinking there has to be a way to pay into a fund desicated to the marine fisheries without having to rely on donations

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

any reason why my reply was deleted?... It was a perfectly valid opinion as to where the SW license fees might very well wind up in NJ as well as NY... bob

I didn’t delete it please post it again!