It might be because they consider it a Massachusetts Div. of Marine Fisheries endeavor that they are supporting, and does not involve other States. - Tom
You may be 1005 CORRECT. = Truthfully, until your GREAT posts, I knew ZILCH about the New England GW tagging programs.
I’ve been VERY INTERESTED IN (some would say: “crazed over”) & studying sharks & rays for over 6 decades.
(When other boys of my age were “interested in” dinosaurs, I was “the weird kid” who was “SHARK CRAZY”. = My mother said that my longtime/abiding interest was like having a child who was “NUTS” over rats & mice.)
Yours, TMN78247
TX Master Naturalist & SHARK HUNTER