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I respectfully ask you to delay and rethink the requirement of the
commercial sportfishing fleet and whale watching (small business)
boat owners to upgrade engines until the technology and
manufacturing, catch up to a REASONABLE and COST EFFECTIVE
solution.     These small businesses have had positive 
financial activity of $5.6 Billion for the State of California and
supported 40,000 jobs here.  Local residents and tourists both
enjoy the activity on the ocean.
In the past three years, as a volunteer from a Non-profit fishing
club,  I have personally witnessed the joy, camaraderie and awe
that the children experienced from a half/day fishing trip, on a
commerial boat, that was sponsored by our club.
I have also observed the same with wounded warriors from the nearby
US Marine Corps base, spending a day fishing in the ocean, as
guests of the angler club.
To think that these heart touching experiences would dry up for
these young people, because the commercial fishing boats could not
afford to comply with 
new regulations that are afoot.
Thank you for the opportunity to voice my concern.