22-04-2011, 01:16 PM
[quote name='ejburbank' timestamp='1303301706' post='21985']
That's correct. it's too bad though, it would probably help eliminate alot of the overcrowding and parking situation in Newport. Not to mention all the trash that I pick up everytime I go.
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RIDEM is toying with the idea of needing a license to catch squid. The exemption now is because technically they are not a fin fish. They are a mollusk and belong somewhere in the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species. I guess something stuck from high school biology over twenty five years ago. But they have been considering making it illegal to fish for the squid without a license.
I'm torn on this one. I currently hold 7 different licenses for this, that, and everything else, mostly job related with the exception of the saltwater recreational license and drivers license. I hate licenses for just about everything. And the majority of folks working the Goat Island Causeway generally are not recreationally fishing, I'd call it closer to sustenance fishing for food and survival. My gut tells me just say no to licenses.
Fines and cuffs work wonders for trash. I don't think a license would eliminate the litter. We've already got laws on the books for littering. How about enforcing what we've got before making new laws?
That's correct. it's too bad though, it would probably help eliminate alot of the overcrowding and parking situation in Newport. Not to mention all the trash that I pick up everytime I go.
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RIDEM is toying with the idea of needing a license to catch squid. The exemption now is because technically they are not a fin fish. They are a mollusk and belong somewhere in the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species. I guess something stuck from high school biology over twenty five years ago. But they have been considering making it illegal to fish for the squid without a license.
I'm torn on this one. I currently hold 7 different licenses for this, that, and everything else, mostly job related with the exception of the saltwater recreational license and drivers license. I hate licenses for just about everything. And the majority of folks working the Goat Island Causeway generally are not recreationally fishing, I'd call it closer to sustenance fishing for food and survival. My gut tells me just say no to licenses.
Fines and cuffs work wonders for trash. I don't think a license would eliminate the litter. We've already got laws on the books for littering. How about enforcing what we've got before making new laws?