The xenophobia in this country is out of control. We're just going to keep shuttering ourselves in while we fall further and further behind the rest of the world.

Another reason that Cayman has been more successful is that they are still a British Territory with a least some oversight of the government. This leads to far lower levels of corruption, better services and more stability. Our government isn't even accountable to it's own citizens.

Well then they should be cracking down on those if that's the problem. How many of those are used by fly fishermen and how many are just people coming down to enjoy Abaco? Now lets consider how many other things those people spend money on: groceries, water, booze, car rentals, taxi's, eating out, ferries, hiring bonefish guides, gas, not to mention the property taxes paid by the foreign owners and the airport taxes that are paid in their airline tickets. So if those people are still the problem then go after them because there are already laws for it. Picking one particular part result of the problem is not an effective way to change this.

This does not protect it. Bone fishing is catch and release. These foreigners who come in and spend money in our country and support local stores and businesses and tell their friends to come are helping to grow the industry. What is actually going to ruin it, is the illegal gill netting done by our own Bahamians. We will kill the bonefish industry ourselves long before foreigners have a chance to do it.

All I keep hearing is these stories of how second home owners are diverting tourism yet I have seen no example of it. If foreigners are illegally operating vacation rentals, they there are already laws to deal with that. The more I see and read, the more I see that these new regulations are going to do far more harm than good.

Those airline tickets have exit taxes that they pay when leaving the Bahamas, they pay for hotels and rent houses, and if they own them they pay real property tax. They buy food when they are here and they rent cars from local renters. They buy gas and drink from the local stations and stores. They tell their friends about the wonderful time they had and the wonderful people they got to know.

Your thinking of is so short sighted and your comment praises the idea of biting off your nose to spite you face.

I wouldn't be to worried about judgement. I think we'll have many disappointed people when they realize there are no Pearly Gates.

You're right, the same people who are so worried that marriage will be corrupted by loving individuals, are the same people who don't care at all that our elected leaders are raping and pillaging this country for their own personal gain.

Don't worry, I'm sure enough other bigots managed to profess their hatred on the poll, just as I am sure many of the people who support the rights of individuals didn't manage to fill it out.

People who come here to bonefish are not taking the resource. They catch and release. The resource is still there and they pay for everything from food to accommodation to the airport taxes. What is this 'anonymous' guide talking about.

Web shops are not legalized yet so how is he going to challenge them. Not a single web shop licence has been issued.