Comment by Faerthen Felix on AV35

The establishment of marine reserves for coral recovery is an excellent initiative. As someone who spends roughly 4-weeks a year near the proposed USVI sites, I support it wholeheartedly. There is strong pressure in St. Croix to allow destructive fishing practices by a very small number of citizens to continue. Poorly managed sewage on the island threatens water quality, as does out of control development on St. John & St. Thomas. These are short-sighted policies that should be fought strongly to preserve the coral reefs & their fish & marine reptile populations, whose continued existence is the only real economic future for the islands.