Comment from George Phillips, None

Your attempt to ban spearfishing in Gray's Reef is prejudicial and unfounded. Your comments about 'large fish' are threatened by spearfishing is without evidence or fact. Your targeted fishers (spearfishing) must be on your personal 'hate' list - you have loosely thrown out your opinion as support of your action - this is totally without merit! Here are some facts: Spearfishing is the most selective method of legal fishing. There is no bycatch or mortality factors with spearfishing - hook/line fishing has mortality issues due to depth, hook removal, and fish are thrown back with injury. Due to the diver visually observing the fish sought for taking, spearfishing is the most secure method of fishing to ensure preservation, long term survival and success of the targeted species that are legally fished. I am totally against your movement. Please find other issues to focus your time on - there certainly are plenty more pressing issues in our oceans today![/QUOTE]