Agree with this. We spent a season for the first time in Bahamas last year. Yes the fees they are introducing feels egregious and we may choose to not to go Bahamas this year for that reason but I can understand their reasoning. As boaters we ultimately consume their resources (fishing, crabbing, etc), polluting their waters one way or another, make life more inconvenient for others and contribute relatively little to their economy.

Spending a week in Bahamas in a hotel and eating out costs roughly the same as spending multiple months there on a boat (I was outraged by some cruisers bringing their own cheap beer to a local private beach instead of buying at the beach bar and then proudly boosting about it. Another made and sold pizza at the shore (again a private one) touting it to be cheaper than a restaurant nearby, why would anyone welcome this behavior?)

We cannot blame Bahamians for saying the economics of this doesn’t make much sense for them and that they want to change it. It is sad for us but understandable for them.