Saltwater angling to require Federal Fishing License

Florida’s Free Fishing out in Three Years
Saltwater angling to require Federal Fishing License
Posted Dec 24, 2008
Public Policy
Federal registration would be good for one year, and would allow anglers to fish anywhere in U.S. waters.
The first year will be free, but thereafter, a fee of about $15 to $25 per year is planned, NOAA said.
As currently drafted, the requirement will affect “anyone who fishes in federal waters (3 to 200 miles from shore), as well as anyone who fishes anywhere for **‘Anadromous or Catadromous’ species,” the DEM said in a report about progress by the R.I. Marine Recreational Fishing License / Registry Study Group. Anglers 15 or younger would not be required to register, nor would people who fish only from licensed party or charter boats.
Other Keywords to Know and Associated with
**Anadromous or Catadromous’ species:
• Anadromous species:
Fish that spend their adult life in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds in order to reproduce.
• Catadromous species:
A Catadromous fish does the opposite of an anadromous species - it lives in fresh water and enters salt
water to spawn. Most of the eels are Catadromous.

• Diadromous fish travel between salt and fresh water (Greek: 'Dia' is between).
• Amphidromous fish move between fresh and salt water during their life cycle, but not to breed (Greek: 'Amphi' is both)
Bull sharks will also migrate to and from the ocean, making them an amphidromous species, which falls under the protection of all anadromous fishes.

Think of all the fish that either visit the rivers in the winter to hang out or to breed and you will find a few you angle for right here in our own backyards like Tarpon and Snook, to name but a few. Rather than trying to figure out if, it is legal or not it is just easier to purchase the license and let your money go in helping preserve our oceans habitat.

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