21-02-2010, 04:33 PM
Hi there:
I was at the Worcester fishing show and I asked the Mass Marine Fishery representatives there the same question. The answer I got from the representative was that both NH and RI will recognize the Mass saltwater license and vice versa. Too bad Maine and CT are not in the pact. I hope in the near future that all NE states can work out a deal for an interstate saltwater license (even an interstate freshwater license!). Although I don't mind paying the $10 for the saltwater license (that's the price I was told it will be at least for the first year), the whole idea of saltwater license is just another tax. No, the politicians don't call it a "tax" but a "fee" but you know it is nothing more than a tax on folks who fish.
I was at the Worcester fishing show and I asked the Mass Marine Fishery representatives there the same question. The answer I got from the representative was that both NH and RI will recognize the Mass saltwater license and vice versa. Too bad Maine and CT are not in the pact. I hope in the near future that all NE states can work out a deal for an interstate saltwater license (even an interstate freshwater license!). Although I don't mind paying the $10 for the saltwater license (that's the price I was told it will be at least for the first year), the whole idea of saltwater license is just another tax. No, the politicians don't call it a "tax" but a "fee" but you know it is nothing more than a tax on folks who fish.