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Hello! My name is Kenny Dean. My son inlaw and I purchased our
sportfishing boat The T Bird 3 years ago. We are already struggling
because of covid. Our boat is a 60 year old wood boat that we will
lose if these new regulations go into effect. I used my savings for
retirement to purchase this vessel so I could supplement my
retirement income and help my daughter and son inlaw have a secure
future raising their 3 children. There is no way we can afford to
buy or build a new boat that can handle the new engines that would
be required to meet these standards. We would lose our business
which would destroy both of our familys financially. We have one of
the richest fisheries in the world here is San Diego. We love
taking people out daily to fish for Bluefin, yellowfin tuna along
with yellowtail and dorado here in Ca and Mexico. We are planning
on repowering our boat with new engines to help fight emissions
when we haul out next year. Please reconsider and place us back in
the same category as the commercial boats. Thank you Kenny Dean