Yea, well, sort of.... Until you think it all the way through. It is the responsibility of each boat owner to determine and take the nessessary steps to register each hull if the owner wants to allow fishing. Some owners have been taking that step for years, others are in the process now, some may be fighting and protesting, others sitting on the sidelines and waiting. In your case and the case of many others you are holding an annual fishing license in search of a matching boat to attached that license to. Just like the owners are clear about sailing at night and drugs in the boat. Each owner and operator should be clear about fishing and the limits on fishing if there are any. In my case I had no idea about the 30lb possession limit.