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B M Sportfishing inc
3403 Del Este Way 
Oceanside California 92056
Phone: 619-985-5179


12/15/2020



David Quiros
Manager, Freight Technology Section
California Air Resources Board
1001 I St #2828, 
Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: Letter of Recommendation Regarding the CARB's Amended CHC
Regulation, and In-Use Compliance Deadlines for Commercial
Passenger Fishing Vessels

Dear David Quiros and CARB,

On behalf of B M Sportfishing/malihinisportfishing INC. I want to
express my concern for the proposed amendments to the California
Air Resources Board's (CARB) Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation
(CHC Regulation). Under the amended CHC, beginning January 1, 2023,
Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFV) will be required to
replace engines with cleaner tiered engines, perform opacity
testing and pay annual fees.  
I have been a fisherman for 30+ years, and I know my colleagues,
our communities, and the benefits and challenges of our industry
very well.   We act as stewards of the land and water, not only for
our use but for the benefit of our future generations. We make this
active choice to bear much of the cost and responsibility of
protecting our natural resources. 
While we value the importance of quality air, we also believe in
the importance of the three pillars of sustainability - economic
viability, environmental protection, and social equity.  As the
current amendments stand, the regulation is not sustainable for our
industry and is not equitable for CPFV operators.
If it is enacted, it will put me and other sportfishing businesses
in California out of business.  I have been in the Sportfishing
industry for 30 + years, as I said earlier. I am currently in my
15th year as an owner-operator. We have been a member of SAC Since
2006. We run 1/2 day,3/4 day, and full-day fishing charter trips,
Out of San Diego Bay. Some of the charters that I do are for the
inner-city kids. in the areas of Encanto logan heights, Bairo
logan, And are funded thru me and some good-hearted people who
sponsor these trips. If these regulations are enacted, it will take
away the very reason I am doing this. These young at-risk children,
who otherwise would not know what ocean fishing is. I make an
average living, To support my wife and me.   2023 based on the
regulation that is being proposed, Tier 4 engines are not a viable
option at this time for me. And don't exist yet. I am trying to
understand why we are being singled out? If you do this, you have
effectively taken away ten to fifteen years of work I have put into
the inner city to give these kids who don't have an avenue to do
something different other than run the streets, join gangs because
that's all they know and have seen their whole life. I like to say
I made a difference in a child's life, that matters. 
please don't do this; it is wrong on so many different levels
Regards
 Capt Bill Wilkerson