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Please reconsider and withdraw this proposal.  The proposed changes
by CARB WILL put many family businesses out of business.  These are
families with generations of time in our community adding to the
tax base and well being of the community.

I myself had my 1st "real" job on a sportfishing boat when I was
about 14.  This experience was invaluable to my life.  I learned
how to work hard and do well at the job I'm doing.  The work ethic
was irreplaceable.  The basic work skills learned have carried
throughout my life (both work & personal).

From a more broad perspective, instituting these regulations,
specifically targeted at the sportfishing industry, misses the
mark. The low number of boats that this proposal targets is a
pittance as compared to the quantity of freighters, military ships
and other large "exempt", unregulated vessels.  If you want an
illustration of this, simply zoom out from the West Coast on the
AIS Vessel Tracking website to see literally thousands of ships
that will not be subject to this regulation.

In summary, this proposal will harm generations of hard working
families and will take away one of the most affordable pastimes
(fishing) that exists.  It will kill their business as it will also
kill the businesses 'downstream' from them such as fishing tackle
stores, marine equipment manufacturers, boat yards, etc...the list
goes on.  Killing these businesses will place a substantial hurt on
the economy that will ripple into the well being of the state of
California.

PLEASE reject this proposal.

Thank you for your time.