Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of America, and South Atlantic: Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan

The Culebra Fishing Association, a community-based organization of commercial and recreational fishers, supports Amendment #4. They argue that reclassifying the rainbow runner as a pelagic fish rather than a reef fish is biologically accurate and will benefit both the fishing industry and the species' sustainability.

An individual is opposing the fishery management plan on the grounds of animal welfare and sentience. They argue that fishing is cruel and causes unnecessary pain to fish, requesting that the government protect these species instead of allowing them to be harvested.