There are different types of commercial fishing licenses, a general license, and then specific licenses for specific fisheries.

What the rule says is this: If, say, in January the fees are due for the Col. Riv. commercial springer fishery, and then in March they decide not to have a commercial springer fishery in the Col. Riv. that year, then they get a refund of the fees, already paid, for that specific license.

Part of the reason that they have this rule is that commercials, unlike us sporties, must buy their licenses each year, whether they fish or not, or they lose their license, for good. Since the rule requires that they buy all the licenses they had last year again, it makes sense to refund their money for licenses that they don't have fisheries for that year.

They don't get refunds of general license fees, or, of course, fees for fisheries that are held, whether they fish in them or not.

Fish on...

Todd.