Quote Originally Posted by kim&betty View Post
The real problem is that a healthy reef system is composed of living/growing coral, negrils reef system is far from healthy (due to pollution, overuse, physical destruction, etc.). Also the local fishermen keep everything they catch (no matter how ticky-ticky/little the fish are) including Parrotfish whose job it is to eat coral and poop new sand. Often the "snapper" you are being served in Negril is infact Parrotfish.
There is no simple or cheap solution to the problems of too many people in a small area.
Ding ding ding. I was going to post the same thing, but figured people would think I'm crazy. The parrotfish are responsible for much of the sand on the beaches we play on, and admire.