My last charter was two years ago right at the time the gov was implementing the new fishing registrations on the charter fleets. Just before my trip Moorings announced ALL of their fleet had been registered for fishing. Just got off the phone with them to ask about my upcoming charter in July and they said the license fee is $65 now and there is a registration fee of $50 for the boat! Now they say only crewed charters are covered by the registration and individual bareboat charters have to pay $50. Far as I know the license is still $45 and they are telling me $65, I'm assuming because they are recommending SailCaribbeanDivers.com to process it so there's likely the extra $20. I cannot believe how much I've been nickel and dimed this year! It's not a couple of hundred bucks, now I'm easily over $1,000 in all the increases for a crew of 6. I wonder if I don't pay Mooring's the $50 if the boat is actually registered with the BVI Gov and they are just trying to recoup fees?



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