i was in the process of negoting purchase of a house in the bahamas for retirement when this regulation was passed. i killed the real estate purchase and decided to bonefish elsewhere. there are numerous countries with good bonefishing. i tend to prefer the bahamas mostly because bahamians are so kind. the regulation which prohibited two flats fisherpeople without a guide would have prevented me from having friends visit from the states and also prevented me from fishing with my wife or children. i hope you fix this problem so i can try again to buy a retirement house in the bahamas. if i buy a retirement house, ill be hiring bahamian guides and also fishing on my own and with friends. i like a combination of both guided and unguided fishing. i hope you get these protectionist regulations fixed quickly before i spend my money elsewhere.