I'm not a big oil supporter but why should they fund mussel control?  Why not charge a small fee right there at the boat ramp for the inspection service?  Why should a taxpayer who doesn't own a boat subsidize the guy with money enough to own a boat?  Again, welfare for the well-off.  That said there is an upside to mussels.  These little guys cleaned up all of the pollution in Lake Erie around Cleveland - that water is clear no and with no subsidies! I just wonder how nature controls these things in their native habitat?