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enforced a law that has always been there. The law states that anyone who carries passengers for hire on federally navigable waters requires at least a OUPV (6pack) license. The CG is not picking on Minnesotan's. This is a federal law. I am not with the CG but I am licensed on the Miss. and St. Croix rivers. Is a river guide any different than a Lake Superior guide? Fishing charter skippers have always been licensed. It is just different water. Some states actually require Masters licenses. I am not for increased regulation of guides. But, this is not a new thing and the CG put out alot of notice. The TWIC card process is part of the DHS and you aren't going to beat it. Even truck driver who operate in and out of federal facilities need one. The process is a real pain. The the 6 pack process usually takes several months and several hundreds of dollars beyond the coarse cost. I'm for the guide and have been thru the process. I'll be happy to help where I can.
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Part of my previous comment was cut off. It started out saying, All the CG did was enforce....
ReplyDeleteYES, but the full 6 pac is TOO much. We don't need here on small inland lakes and rivers. Just like guides who only operate on rivers of Alaska don't need a full 6 pac, just a limited. They SHOULD make one that pertains to inland waters of MN too, just like they have in Alaska. In Alaska the fishing and tourism industry had enough of a voice, and it was heard. Time will tell here.
ReplyDeleteAs a guide I oppose to the Coast Guards 6 pac requirements on our open waters.
ReplyDeleteThis is way overboard (no pun intended) expecting small operators to go thru all this. Pretty soon anyone that takes a friend fishing could be considered a "guide". Then what?
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