Comment from Christopher Daughtry

I would like to comment on the plan to raise the recreational size limit of sharks to 96". I believe this is a bad idea due to the unattended consequences that may occur. By making the size limit 96" it will force people to take large sharks that are currently under the most commercial fishing pressure and then they will end up with more meat than they can consume. In addition, most of these sharks tend to take longer to reach sexual maturity than small coastal species which also tend to have less fishing pressure. A slot limit might be a better solution in the 30-54" range. This would allow larger small coastals to be taken for food and at the same time allow the large breeders of the large sharks would be protected. This along with tight daily bag limits as we have here in Florida would assure to keep recreational fishing pressure at a minimum on these important predators.