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bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Reasons for a license to fish (from a German perspective):

You want people who fish to know when they can and cannot fish due to the fish’s recreation periods.
You want people to know which kinds of fish they should and should not catch, in general.
You want people to know how big a certain kind of fish needs to be before it can be extracted.
You want a general overview of the number of people fishing in a general area to monitor overfishing.

License to have a dog:

Costs a certain amount of money each month. This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.

Lincense for a GMRS radio:

To prevent too many people from crowding in the same channel.
To be able to identify assholes who jam a channel with their broadcasts.

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stangel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Upvote for thoughtful reply but I think you mean fish procreation periods. Nobody cares what season they go golfing 😆

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- bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks for catching that. I’m sure there must be a fish-specific term that’s eluding me.
  
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  - stangel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Breeding / spawning
    
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tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.

NYC technically requires a dog license, and I can guarantee you it provides neither of these things. The streets are absolutely covered in dog shit because of irresponsible dog owners. A lot of the city doesn’t have garbage cans either, or if it does, they’re never emptied.

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How does the dog license get enforced? Do police go around confronting dog walkers?

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- bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In Germany we have a law enforcement level below the police called “Ordnungsamt” (I’m not going to try to translate that). They are in charge of these minor misdemeanors (like parking wrong, littering, speeding, etc.) It’s entirely possible that their patrols randomly check dog owners, but personally I’ve never heard of that.
  
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- DrownedRats@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  As with many types of license, they usually only get checked when you’re caught misbehaving.
  
  If you’re caught not picking up your dogs poo, you’re asked “have you got a licence for that dog”. At which point, if you say no, then you get another charge or two slapped on as well. If you lie and say yes you can get yet another charge slapped on for lying to law enforcement.
  
  Its basically another layer of incentive to follow the law and get a license or the penalties may be higher as a result.
  
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  - bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    another charge slapped on for lying to law enforcement
    
    Context for Germany: You’re allowed to lie to law enforcement.
    
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