We will recognize a Marine License from the New England states and New York PROVIDED they offer the same reciprocity to our license. (Note - MARINE LICENSE, not Federal Registry) For someone who is a non-resident they can legally fish CT's portion of LIS if they have a NY non-resident Marine license. They are not CT residents, so they are not required to purchase a CT Marine license UNLESS they don't have a license from a state that we have reciprocal privileges with. If they are non-residents and don't have a NY non-resident license, they would need to purchase a CT non-resident Marine license. When MA (or ME or NH or RI) institutes their own Marine license in 2011 we'll have to see if it is worded to offer reciprocity to CT residents. If it does, this would kick in the reciprocity portion of our statute to allow MA residents with a MA resident Marine license to fish in CT's portion of LIS. One caveat....I don't know if NY will recognize a MA Marine license - so if someone from MA (in 2011) is fishing in CT's portion of LIS (provided the reciprocity is valid), and they cross into NY waters in LIS, they may not be legal. They would need to check with New York on that question.