The government of the Bahamas is negotiating a deal to sell fishing rights to China, posing a potential threat to commercial and sport fishing interests in Florida. The deal would create 100 companies jointly owned by Chinese and Bahamian shareholders that would lease 10,000 acres in Andros Island for fishing. State Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Executive Director Nick Wiley told the Palm Beach Post that the situation is complicated by an ongoing border dispute over where U.S. waters