The reef/Poachers

[quintas]

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?

[Winterpegger]

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?

[Mtig]

I kind of feel the same way. We love to snorkel and have been going to negril almost every year for 20 yrs. it's depressing. The glass bottom boat guys are seeing the decline year. There is none that I have seen off of 7 mile. It's a shame.