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Senate panel reviews bill to create marine habitat fee for saltwater licenses
Summary
Senate Bill 159 would authorize Fish and Game to collect a new fee on saltwater licenses to fund marine habitat restoration, with lawmakers and Fish and Game discussing fee design and the need for matching funds to leverage federal grants.
Senate Bill 159, introduced by Sen. David Waters, would authorize the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to establish a new marine-habitat fee assessed on saltwater fishing and related licenses and place the revenue in a dedicated account for coastal habitat restoration and related activities.
"I'm senator David Waters from district 4 to introduce senate bill, 159, which is a request for the fishing game department, to establish a marine habitat fee," Waters said at the public hearing. He described the measure as modeled on an existing freshwater habitat fee and said the new account would provide matching funds and steady local…
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