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So we live in the middle of a 
national marine sanctuary.

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For me it's something that I feel proud.

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By chairing the 
Blue Star Fishing Guide Program,

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you know, it was something 
that naturally kind of evolved

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out of a highly functioning council.

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The Blue Star Fishing Guide program 
is essentially

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a volunteer continuing education

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ambassadorship program for fishing guides.

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We represent the most professional

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among all of the fishing guides 
here in the Florida Keys,

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and it's a distinction that we want
to be associated with.

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It says, hey you know, 
we take our jobs seriously,

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we know what we're doing and we represent

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the very best of professional fishing guides
anywhere in the world.

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Often times, you find it's the hunters and
the fishermen and the folks

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that are out there, you know, 
pursuing the game in those places

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that have the most respect for them,

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and I can absolutely say, 100% without a doubt,

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that is the case here

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in the national marine sanctuary 
in the Florida Keys.