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    Thank you Sir Rob, that's exactly what is needed to get started. People to get involved. Better yet Jamaican people who have a lot at stake with this treasure.
    Listen if there were a few people who were ruining it for everyone else and I mean the glass boat operators,para sailing employees, restraunts, hotel employees, ganga boys, everyone who makes a living on the most beautiful beach in the world and this was in Philly? The poachers kayaks would either be missing or destroyed. Their acts definitely takes away from everyone who earns a living in Negril.
    A beautiful and lively reef would make everyone in Negril more money. If the Marine patrol and police don't do what they are paid to do, the people must speak up and Save The Reef.
    The more beautiful and the more lively that reef is, the more money that would be flowing into Negril.

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    Remember not to buy under sized lobster. Save the reef...

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    There needs to be some form of Marine Conservation, like zones.

    The Marine Police did nothing when we were there, apart from come to Bloody Bay, moor up, grab a drink, chat with some locals, grab another drink, motor back to their mooring by Hedo, day done!

    Sustainability is key here. However, without education sustainability and conservation areas ain't gonna happen.

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    Hopefully all who have read this post will take some kind of action while visiting this awesome place on this earth. Talk to a local about this concern, tell tourists who surround the kayaks as they land on the beach about this concern. It real and if it continues, it will further the demise of the reef and the bounty that it protects. Save the turtles! Save the reef!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SazO View Post
    There needs to be some form of Marine Conservation, like zones.

    The Marine Police did nothing when we were there, apart from come to Bloody Bay, moor up, grab a drink, chat with some locals, grab another drink, motor back to their mooring by Hedo, day done!

    Sustainability is key here. However, without education sustainability and conservation areas ain't gonna happen.
    They are there they just have to do something about it.

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    I've been coming down to Negril since the early or mid 1970s. Love to snorkel. There was a stretch of many years when I didn't go down and in the last 7 or 8 years I've ben down 3 or 4 times. The snorkeling now sucks and seems to be getting worse. I'm scheduled to come down in a couple of weeks for probably, I hate to say it, my last visit. Why should I go to a place where I cannot enjoy one of the
    things that I love to do there?
    I love the people, the food, the music, the subs and many other things about the island but I cannot keep going to a dead ocean. I'm pretty sure I'll have to find somewhere else, might be a little more expensive but....
    Education is the way to go. What are all these poachers going to do when the sea is empty and no tourists come?

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    I remember snorkeling off a boat on the way to the Cay and seeing some of the tallest coral towers I've seen anywhere since - and that includes dives at Cayman and Roatan, and snorkeling Cozumel. That was the early 90's. I haven't seen those since and by the sounds of it, they are gone. Or has anyone seen some fantastic coral lately anywhere offshore of 7-mile?

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    Captain Dennis Abrahams in Treasure Beach has done an amazing job on the south coast with a fish sanctuary. Perhaps he and some fishermen in the Negril area can meet up to see if a similar project could be done in Negril. Here is a great article about Capt Dennis http://blog.korwater.com/water-cause...nnis-abrahams/

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    The local government has got to take a stand. It will not be cured overnight but without someone of authority standing up to address this very important issue, it will continue to get worse. Locals have got to pay attention, they have the most to lose. Wake up... Save the Reef!!

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    Watch Booby Cay at around 5am and it is crawling with fisherman. Down by grand lido net fishing happens every day. When I first saw pics of the coral 15 years ago to what it is now I almost cried, there is nothing left. My wife and I laughed out loud when we heard there was people regulating the fisherman. Our trip in Oct will be our tenth trip in 5 years and the only change we have seen is MORE people in the water. I'm not sure who is hurting Negril's reef so fast, and I would never tell anyone not to make a living, but I fear over fishing one spot in a short period of time is going to come back and haunt everyone.

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