My name is Harvey Belote and I am a retired Farmer and business owner in Northampton County, Virginia.

         I  farmed for 25 years and was successful by being involved with regulatory agencies and coming to common ground on a varieity of issues.

        Agriculture is a ongoing education of stewartship of the soil. Aquaculture is the same thing.

         I have always found that things work best when you present the problems to the industries involved and let those industries work them out, rather than regulating them with unfounded regulations.

       Agriculture and Aquaculture are inovators and should find the answers to their problems by mutual respect and understanding and not be regulated by Government!

        Let Government be the moderator; and not the Dictator!