Management Plan - Glover's Reef Marine Reserve

Tables
Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve – Management Plan
2008-2013
Table 1 The Seven Protected Areas of the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage
Site
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Table 2 International Conventions and Agreements of Relevance to Glover’s
Reef Marine Reserve
7
Table 3 Marine Protected Areas in Belize 9
Table 4 Caye Ownership 10
Table 5 Ecosystem Services of Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve 12
Table 6 Stakeholder Communities of Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve 14
Table 7 Stakeholder Analysis for Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve
Table 8 Mean Monthly Temperature and Rainfall, Carrie Bow Cay, 2002 - 2004 19
Table 9 Hurricanes Affecting Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve 20
Table 10 Surface Water Current Direction 24
Table 11
Mean and range values of visibility, salinity, conductivity, and
temperature
26
Table 12 Ecosystems of Glover’s Reef Atoll 27
Table 13 Ecosystems of Glover’s Reef (after Mumby and Harborne, 1999) 29
Table 14 Local and Regional Hurricane Impacts 31
Table 15 Lobster catches from Glover’s Reef Atoll (March 2000 – February
2001)
45
Table 16 Conch catches from Glover’s Reef Atoll 46
Table 17 Nassau Grouper numbers at Northeast Point 47
Table 18 Maximum Nassau Grouper counts (2003 – 2006) 48
Table 19 Research studies at Glover’s Reef 51
Table 20 Boat and crew sizes fishing Glover’s Reef 54
Table 21 Main fishing stakeholders: Boats using Glover’s Reef Atoll as a primary
fishing site
55
Table 22 Resorts located on Glover’s Reef Atoll 57
Table 23 Seascape species 61
Table 24 Summary of success of activities from the 2003 Management Plan 94
Table 25 Programme rating table for 2003 Management Plan 94
Table 26 Glover’s Reef marine Reserve Equipment (2006) 118
Table 27 Charges for licenses and tickets 123
Figures
Figure 1 The three atolls of the Belize Barrier Reef (NASA) 3
Figure 2 Aerial photograph of eastern Glover’s Reef Atoll, including Middle
Caye, Long Caye and Northeast Caye
10
Figure 3: The beauty of the coral reef provides an important natural resource for
the economy of Belize
11
Figure 4 Ethnic Groups of Belize 12
Figure 5 The Belize Economy (Exports and Imports) - 2002 13
Figure 6 Income from tourism fees, 2006 (Fisheries Department 2007) 13
Figure 7 Rainfall belts in Belize 18
Figure 8 Rainfall 18
Figure 9 Mean Monthly Temperature, Carrie Bow Cay, 2002 - 2004 19
Figure 10 Hurricane Iris
GOES Project, NASA-GSFC 14:45 UTC 8 October 2001
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Figure 11 Tropical Storm frequency per month, from 1889 – 2000, making landfall 20
in Belize
Figure 12 Fault and escarpment lines in Belize 21
Figure 13 Map showing the depth contours within the atoll’s lagoon 22
Wildtracks / Wildlife Conservation Society, 2007 2