The State of CT Government will not lose any income from this fee increase BUT the people of the state will indeed lose. When you go on a fishing trip, you burn gas, you may purchase some food and drinks. You also may purchase some new fishing tackle, wether it be a pack of hooks or a few new lures. All of this and more is tallied into what is called total economic output.

Well, when you get pissed off enough to call or write your Legislator, let them know that with just a small 10% decrease in participation of fishing this year, it will have a total economic output efeect equal to about $75 million. So, while the government raises about $4 million in new fees, many, many others are going to lose. The last time CT had a fee increase of 40%, aproximently 200 jobs were lost here in the state recreational fishing industry. This current 100% increase will have effects that will dwarf what happened in 2003.