Fish & Game looking for new fees!

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From Foster's Daily Democrat:

The New Hampshire Fish and Game's Department is getting mixed reaction to its plan to ward off a budget shortfall by imposing new fees on boaters and taking a portion of the state's rooms and meals tax.
Unlike most state departments, Fish and Game is self-supporting and must pay for its operations through fees paid mostly by hunters and anglers. The department is proposing a ten dollar annual conservation decal for all non-motorized boats, charging salt-water anglers an annual fee and taking a cut of the rooms and meals tax.
Jason MacKenzie, whose Greenland convenience store sells fishing tackle, bait and licenses to anglers, says the new fees would drive anglers to Maine and Massachusetts.
But Jason Parent, who owns a sporting goods store in Laconia, says the proposed fees are fair and that they new revenue would benefit all residents, some of whom may one day need to be rescued by Fish and Game officials.
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Information from: Foster's Daily Democrat, http://www.fosters.com