Earl L. Carter: “It is essential that we act.”

Georgia's deep water ports and inland barge terminals support nearly 561,000 jobs throughout the state annually.

The proposed rule will cause grave safety issues for recreational vessels and pilot vessels alike.

We care about the right whales. We need to protect the right whales. But we have to balance that with public safety and the needs for our coastal shipping economy.

I’m not sure you can ever go far enough, it’s always open for scrutiny and or criticism, but I think that we’re in better shape than we were.