Management Plan - Glover's Reef Marine Reserve

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Glovers Reef Marine Reserve – Management Plan All reserve personnel are responsible for the implementation of interpretation and education activities, under the leadership of the Reserve Manager. Other than a few educational materials and a very rudimentary Visitor Center, located in the Fisheries building, this has been one of the hardest programme areas to implement, and the programme requires significant strengthening. Three main components have been identified for development: a visitor center, educational and interpretive material, and an outreach programme. Although these activities will require significant time and effort, and the ability of the reserve personnel to carry them out is limited, the approach recommended is that each year a few of them should be targeted within the annual operational plans, beginning with those of highest priority. Funding for this programme is being sought under a PACT funding proposal (Majil, pers. com., 2007) Public Use Programme Activities 2007 - 2012 Increasing Awareness of Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve Visitor’s Centre / Information Centre Educational Material Interpretive Trail Website Advisory Committee Re-establish Visitors Centre / Information Centre on Middle Caye Equip Visitors Centre / Information Centre with interpretive information designed to raise awareness of the environmental and socio-economic benefits and services of the Marine Reserve Ensure relevant information on rules and regulations is available for dissemination to fishermen, tourists and other visitors Include information on traditional fishing, stakeholder communities, research activities Include information targeted specifically at fishermen, using it as a platform to inform fishermen about the ongoing research being carried out, for example on the Nassau grouper, surveys on conch and lobster, and catch data Change some of the displays on a regular basis to ensure there are still items of interest to attract regular visitors Seek funds for interpretive display creation Include a small gift shop area in the Visitor’s Centre / Information Centre, as an income generating project Ensure continued production and distribution of brochures on Glover’s Reef MR Translate brochure into Spanish for distribution to Spanish speaking fishermen and visitors Develop PowerPoint presentation on Glover’s Reef, for use in educational talks to visitors, in schools etc. Produce laminated fieldguides to common corals, fish, caye plants, etc. Develop a library of key publications and videos at the Visitors’s Centre as a resource for Reserve staff, visitors, students and outreach programme. Copies of all published work on Glover’s Reef should be available in this library. Collaborate with national and international initiatives to increase awareness of spawning aggregation sites and grouper Collaborate with WCS in maintaining the interpretive trail established on Middle Caye, and upgrading signage Provide additional interpretive information on the caye, its plant life and animals, as a self-guided leaflet Produce Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve webpages for incorporation into Fisheries Department website Ensure all awareness documents relevent to Glover’s Reef are available for download from the website (brochures, leaflets, regulations, posters etc.) Develop digital library of all published work on Glover’s Reef, and make available for download on line Ensure Advisory Committee input into the development of education and interpretive information Wildtracks / Wildlife Conservation Society, 2007 116
Public Use Programme Activities 2007 - 2012 Outreach Schools in Stakeholder Communities Fishermen General Public Keeping Stakeholders Informed Glovers Reef Marine Reserve – Management Plan Funding for this programme is being sought under a PACT funding proposal (Majil, pers. com., 2007) Safety Issues Presentations targeting primary and secondary schools in stakeholder communities on Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve and its environmental and socio economic benefits Liaise and collaborate with local NGOs for joint educational outreach to schools in stakeholder communities Develop handouts (colouring books, posters etc.) for dissemination during school presentations Design and implement a day trip for high school biology students from stakeholder communities, targeting Year 2 or 3, aimed at engaging their interest in the marine environment Collaborate with other marine reserve in joint education activities Fishermen visiting the Atoll should be encouraged to visit the Visitor’s Centre / Information Centre, and presented with a boat sticker showing support for the marine reserve as they leave Presentations on research and monitoring results, and reserve activities should be given to traditional fishermen and in stakeholder communities at least twice a year Presentations on work at Glover’s Reef should be given during the Northern and National Co-operative AGMs at least once every two years Reserve staff should work closley with fishermen during training exercises for monitoring activities and workshops to ensure accurate transfer of information on rationale behind research and monitoring activities Ensure there is awareness of Glover’s Reef and the environmental services and benefits it provides to the general public through use of media opportunities and posters (focusing particularly on biodiveristy protection, fisheries production and tourism) Displays and exhibits should be placed at public shows such as the Agriculture & Trade Show, Earth Day, etc. An annual summary flier of reserve activities and achievements should be distributed to residents, tour guides, tour operators and fishermen The risk to snorkelers from passing boats has become a safety issue and needs to be addressed as a high priority. Safety marker buoys are required to demarcate the popular snorkeling areas near the various cayes, and boats need to be informed of the need to avoid these areas. Alternatively, a “no-wake zone” could be declared up to 150 ft. from the shoreline around all the cayes. This measure should be noted in the reserve brochure, and the areas should be depicted on the accompanying map. Similarly, dive boats should fly the “divers down flag” when their divers are in the water, as required by the reserve regulations. In an effort to avoid damage to corals, additional mooring buoys should be installed. Locations should be decided on by consulting with the dive and kayaking industry operators who use these sites. Wildtracks / Wildlife Conservation Society, 2007 117
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