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Loc: CT. Got a problem with that?
with all this talk about the saltwater license and its many legal issues;
If a person fishes without a saltwater license and then gets their fishing privileges suspended (and also a fine), then certainly they cannot buy a saltwater license nor fish during that period of suspension.
But can that person fish on a charter/party boat where no license is required?
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
carlynewlondon
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I'm sure all this has been thought out in the new laws since they were intended to protect the resource and not just a money grab on the part of our lawmakers.
Good question but I think the answer would be no. But Capt. Camejo will know for sure
I would disagree.
No licensed is required for any passenger who fishes on a state licensed charter or party vessel, period. It would create a logistical nightmare otherwise. How would the charter/party boats ever know that one of their customers was barred.
Once your license has been suspended your fishing privledges will also be suspended. Therefore, no fishing for you. The fine is $150.00 for fishing while your license or privleges have been suspended.
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When your license is suspended your privileges are suspended. It's not up to the charter boat captain to determine if his(her) passengers have a valid license, don't have a license, or are under suspension. The boat captain doesn't get arrested for fishing under suspension, the person fishing does.
When your license is suspended your privileges are suspended. It's not up to the charter boat captain to determine if his(her) passengers have a valid license, don't have a license, or are under suspension. The boat captain doesn't get arrested for fishing under suspension, the person fishing does.
I still don't beleive I agree with you ECONN.
As long as the charter boat is licensed with the state, then no license is required for the passengers. At least the last time I read the statue that was the way it was written.
Louie-Louie
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With the saltwater license new this year it could be a test case. That being said. What could be a legal analogy is as follows. When someones drivers license in Connecticut is suspended their right to operate is what is actually suspended. Meaning if they obtained a license in another state for instance they still could not operate in Connecticut. What Skip is saying is that theory also applies to a fishing license/priviledges to fish are also taken away. The Captain however as previously stated has no dog in the fight and could not possibly be held liable.
Reelin, you might not agree w/ Encon Capt. but his response isn't contradicting your point. When fishing on a Charter you are fishing under it's license, but if I read this correctly, if your license is suspended you're not entitled to procure that option & subjected to fine. The Charter isn't required to check each patron for validity or be liable: bottom line, you can get "pinched" for doing so.
section 26-61 (d) Any person who procures any permit, license or registration to which he is not entitled or engages in fishing, hunting or trapping during the period when his permit, license or registration is voided or suspended shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars and all fishing, hunting or trapping permits, licenses or registrations issued to such person shall be suspended for an indefinite period. Any person who procures any permit, license or registration to which he is not entitled or engages in fishing, hunting or trapping during the period when such permit, license or registration and the privilege to obtain such a permit, license or registration are suspended for an indefinite period shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than sixty days or both, and, for a further violation in case of such indefinite suspension, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.
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