I used to be 100% against this now I am not so sure. I used to think the 50 would get slammed but not so much anymore. I agree with the rec or commercial thing for sure. The gen cat permit they are talking about now states the boat must be reg as a commercial boat. So unless a rec guy wants to go change his boats reg they can not get the gen permit ticket. If a rec does change his boats reg then he must let his insurance know as well as the bank if they owe on it. I do think a lot of other commercial guys like king and snapper guys will get it. I do think that is the intent of NMFS. They want guys that are already com to be able to catch and sell swords as well to help keep quota.
If they keep the commercial designation in the final passage. Then I would support the gen cat because it will be guys that are commercial already selling swords. But if they do away with the com only deal and open it to all rec guys I would not support it.