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This new mandate will kill the sport fishing industry. Many of
these boats are family owned businesses which will be destroyed.
The amount of damage which the current boats may create is nothing
compared to sanctioned industries such as agribusiness and meat
production. Agriculture contributes 29% of green house gases!

Please either subsidize the sport fishing boat upgrades, create an
exemption, or drop the new requirements. At risk is a wholesome
sport, and a method many people like myself get a chemical free
wholesome source of protein. I grow organic veggies in the city,
live on a small budget, and with two fishing trips a year, I can
get my fish. Not like the farm raised fish who are raised in
crowded environments and are flown all over the country. For senior
citizens like myself, who live on social security, fishing trips
provide  an important part of our diet.

I fish on a family owned boat which is less that two years old.
With the new requirements, this boat will become a bad investment.
I don't think the family can survive this requirement - they will
have to fold the business the current captain grew up in. He has
had no other job! Its wrong and cruel to pick on these fisherman
while container ships pollute more in one day than a fishing boat
in years.

Please stop this and find another solution.