Comment on FR Doc # E7-25407_c017_riggs

To Sue Salveson Assistant Regional Administrator,Sustainable Fishieries Division,Alaska Region,NMFS Attn:Ellen Sebastian Rin 0648-aw23 I started commercial fishing in 1967 on a salmon troller then in 1974 I started longlining. I have been in and out of the fishier until 2006 at that time my wife and I invested in a longliner-power troller. In 2007 we financed 1600# of halibut QS for the sum of $34,000, this is secured by my home. 2C charter harvest has exceeded the GHL for the past three years. All sectors need to be managed to remain within their allocation. 2C setline quota was cut 20% in 2007 and may be cut again by 27% for 2008. I am just getting started in the halibut fishery. Up and down in the stocks is a way of life. But the pain and the gain must be felt by everyone, not just the commercial side. Effective charter harvest control measures are long overdue. Only the one fish bag limit will achieve the necessary reduction in charter halibut harvest to prevent the 2008 GHL of .931 million pounds from again being exceeded. To regulate one side and not the other is not good science. I urge the Secretary to approve and implement the one fish bag daily and four fish annual limit in 2008 Robert Riggs P.O.Box 3174 Sitka, Ak 99835