Comment from Richard Smith

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2008-0110-0054
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: June 30 2009, at 11:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: August 5 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: June 4 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: August 3 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 809e58e2
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 15B

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Unbelievable. So you want to equip recreational vessels with an observer AND video monitoring if they happen to be in federal waters fishing for grouper or snapper. What brain trust came up with this one? Of course one could say that this is stimulus in action. For instance... Just imagine how many "observers" will be required for recreation purposes alone. Imagine the training & certification facilities that will be needed to prepare these "observers" for their sacred role in protecting the environment. Also companies to provide & install video monitoring. Just great. (This may even spawn another new business. Refitting & equiping boats with "smuggler compartments".)

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