I have just been notified of a proposed law concerning flats fishing in the Bahamas. There is a proposed law which would eliminate all non Bahamians from fishing without a Bahamian guide. Several of my contacts hire a guide for a couple days and then rent a boat to go out on their own as they cannot afford to hire a guide every day.
I found out the dead line for commenting on this law is tomorrow, June 26th. I also just found out about this from my friends in Norway. It seems like they are trying to push it through quickly.
Please comment to fisheries@bahamas.gov.bs and cc to tourism@bahamas.com