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Cancel that Trip to the Post Office

Nov 29, 2006 @ 12:24 am by Moose

Yesterday I brought you the story about how a passport may be needed for your next off shore fishing trip but now it seems that’s not the case.

Offshore anglers need not worry, as such is not the case. The story apparently was misreported by the Associated Press and is no longer being circulated on the wire.

The ESPN Outdoors News Hound has gotten to the bottom of this issue.

Aigen stressed that as the Act relates to offshore travel by anglers and boaters, passports will be required — beginning in January 2008 — by U.S. citizens only when their craft has docked at a foreign port after departing from domestic waters.
The department spokesman also said the Associated Press was notified of its reporting error and was asked to print a correction.