Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Not sure I understand your argument. The license holders pay lots more to the state in fees than do the commercials. The state directly receives more from the recs from licenses than from landing taxes. Must be that the commercials pay more in campaign donations to directly support officials.


Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Tell him what he's won, Johnny!

He's won.... a lifetime of paying license fees to subsidize commercial fisheries!!!... oh.....

But seriously, lobbying matters. It's not an enormous amount of money, but the fact it is all directed toward exactly the same cause (we sporties can't get united behind a common message to save our butts, largely because we have so many different opinions and ideas) makes it formidable.


Edited by FleaFlickr02 (12/08/22 07:13 PM)