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I read it as “to take” so only if you keep them but you can still target them without the $5 stamp? Either way it’s ugly
If you target them you will be summonsed! Take or Taking: Includes pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing, capturing, trapping, snaring, and netting wildlife, and all lesser acts, such as disturbing, harrying, worrying, wounding, or placing, setting, drawing, or using any net or other device commonly used to take wildlife, whether they result in taking or not. Includes every attempt to take and every act of assistance to every other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife, provided that whenever taking is allowed by law, reference is had to taking by lawful means and in a lawful manner.
So, based on the info provided we'll have to pay for a $5 trout/salmon stamp, where the money doesn't go for trout or salmon?Exactly what is "pollution control equipment" and how does it relate to increased trout and salmon stocking?Sounds like another example of adding a fee to buy something that they "think" they need but don't want to pay for with their existing budget.Here in MA when they instituted the mandatory Salt Water license, the money was supposed to go towards increased staffing, but the first thing they did was buy new boats and SUV's for the existing staff. Many anglers here in MA have been fishing the salt and have yet to see a EPO/Game Warden in their travels.Now will that amount be increased for out-of-state anglers, or will it just be an additional $5 added to the $63 we already pay???
Luckily I'll be exempt...
Think this has to do with the hatchery by merrymeeting and some legal dispute with people that live on the river. Fish and game needs to install some equipment due to that situation. ? Itll be interesting to see what happens.
How so? Age?
but there could be other avenues of funding for this project.
What funding ideas would you propose?
Because they stopped stocking those federal (sea run) salmon a little while ago. Now, that was a boondoggle! All the present state hatcheries are needed to do what they've been doing. PM has to be shut down, leaving a void.The good news is that the state and feds worked out a deal where the state is only paying utility costs for the Nashua hatchery while they use it, so I'm told.That's a win, win in my book.
Write more tickets for unregistered boats, increase fee of hike safe card to $10 instead of $5, and perhaps a modest $2-$3 increase for a moose plate. It would also be interesting to see how much public support an annual fee to use and park at a NHFG-maintained boat ramp without having a hunting or fishing license would gather.
Your last point is quite interesting. Neat idea.
Bought a lifetime license in 1986... lifetime licenses are exempt.