Aix the extra bucks are for monitoring and testing not another study. The dollars spent to test the razor clams the last 2 years came out of money that was scratched up out of other sources is a temporary fix. Plus the Dept of Health which is responsible for testing Puget Sound waters for red tide has had to gut that program due to budget cuts. The only other choice is not to test and close the seasons to protect human life. Regardless $10 for a shellfish license is cheap when you consider that with it you can go out and harvest 6 crab per day which will cost you about $45 if you want to buy them from the grocer.

If 1 million residents bought combo fishing licenses that would generate around 38 million......that doesn't even come close to what it costs to run the show. And the actual number is probably half that.