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I would like to include my opposition to this piece of proposed
legislature. California is already a very expensive state to live
every year it gets more expensive to do anything in this state.
This proposal will mandate that some of these older vessels be
removed and replaced for newer vessels putting an outdoor activity
that thousands enjoy out of our reach because vessel operators if
they can afford to purchase new vessels will only pass on the cost
to the consumer or they will go out of business all together. The
sport fishing industry is a multi-million industry that not only
employs vessel owners and operators but tackle shops, marinas,
parking structures, hotels, restaurants, and various local shops to
name a few and contributes to the overall economy. Imposing these
mandates will not only have a devastating effect on vessel owners
but entire community economies. The removal of a few older boats is
not worth the economic burden it will create in some of these
communities that depend on the fishing industry.  The State of
California should be focusing on ways to encourage more job
creations not the depletion of well paying jobs.