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American Fisheries Society 



FEES 



The fee for the privilege of angling is nominal, usually 

 $1, but sometimes more in the case of non-residents — $2 in 

 Idaho and South Dakota, and $5 in Oregon and in Clay 

 County. Ark. The object of a fee is not to prohibit 

 fishing, but merely to require those who enjoy the privilege 

 to contribute something toward the maintenance of the wprk 

 of fish propagation and protection. In Wisconsin the law 

 provides that one-half the proceeds of hook and line licenses 

 shall be credited to the fish commission, which has charge of 

 the work of fish propagation, and one-half to the hunting 

 license fund which is the fund from which expenses for 

 warden service are paid. 



How large a fund a fishing license will produce is un- 

 certain for the reason that no state has yet required separate 

 hunting and fishing licenses from both residents and non- 

 residents. The receipts from the non-resident license in 

 Wisconsin were $8,606 in 1910 and $8,560 in 1911. The 

 adoption of the combination license for hunting and fishing 

 in Idaho has greatly increased the number of licenses issued 

 as will lie seen by comparing the returns for the years 1903 

 to 1910. The first hunting license law was passed in 1903 

 and the first fishing license in 1905 ; in 1907 a separate non- 

 resident fishing license was provided with a fee of $1. and 

 in 1909 the fee was increased to $2. Statistics for the first 

 two years show receipts for hunting only while those for 

 other years show receipts for both hunting and fishing. 

 Receipts from Hunting and Fishing Licenses in Idaho 



