Charters provide an opportunity for American citizens to access a public resource. Charters let people go fishing for a day. The driving force behind these "Nazi Charters" is a person's desire to catch a fish on their own. NOT be forced to buy it from Wal-Mart at market price.

Now if you think it's bad for people to go fishing, or you think that people who don't own a boat should be excluded from sport fishing, then by all means lets get rid of the Charter Nazis. Maybe we could get together and burn some flags at a "Take a kid fishing" event too. People teaching their kids to like fishing. Psshaw! Teach a kid to like fishing and he could very well end up supporting a charter nazi someday. Oh the humanity!

Elbowing out charters reduces the public's access to a public resource. Plain and simple. Commercial IFQ's take a public resource and put it in the hands of a few private entities. Many IFQ holders became instant millionaires when the shares were given out. Now these qouta holders are fighting tooth and nail to defend their million dollar *gifts*. The easiest way to do this is by crushing the competition. Crushing the competition means reducing the number of sport fishermen who compete for the resource. The quickest way to do this is to eliminate charters.

If you don't think the public has a right to utilize a resource, then by all means lets get rid of those charter boats. If you think the public should have the right to catch 2 halibut a day with rod and reel, then write a letter.