Originally Posted by
PADDLES
pin and bill, you guys both have good points about not everyone would be paying. and yes not all boat owners fish (i fish very rarely these days myself but still use the boat) i was only looking at it from the administration cost angle and also the policing angle.
for example with licensing i could have a license, cruise out to the cockle banks with my wife and kid for a few whiting, throw out a few lines (one for each of us) and when fisheries drop by tell them that the lines are all mine. pretty ineffective policing/licensing really.
i agree though that licensing is one of very few options to raise revenue for restocking and arti reefs that would negate the "sustainability" arguments that the greens seem to rely on.