By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
The Bahamas could lose almost 80 per cent of the fly fishing industry’s $141 million annual economic impact if it alienates the ‘do-it-yourself’ anglers, a leading tourism executive has warned.
Ellison “Tommy” Thompson, the deputy director-general of tourism, told the Exuma Business Outlook conference that the Bahamas would effectively be ‘cutting off its nose to spite its face’ if it mandated that all foreign fishermen use a local guide.
Some members of the Bahamas Fly Fishing Association have been pushing for just such a law, which has been deeply resisted by both foreign fishermen, Bahamian industry participants and many lodge operators.
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