Tobago Cays Marine Park Protection Zone

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Key Information

TYPE
MPA
DESIGNATION
Marine Park
LOCATED IN
Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradal, Petit Tabac, Jamesby
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
AREA
53 km2 MARINE AREA
53 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
TCMP Board / Fisheries Department
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
Marine life removal is prohibited (or entry is prohibited)
DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: ProtectedSeas (Boundary Digitized Using Best Available Data)

DATA VERSION

1.0

LAST REVIEWED

January 2023

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Finalità

To provide protection from extractive uses such as fishing while allowing entry and recreational use (excluding fishing) to the waters and islands of the Cays, on payment of the park entry fee.To provide protection from extractive uses such as fishing while allowing entry and recreational use (excluding fishing) to the waters and islands of the Cays, on payment of the park entry fee.

Species of Concern: Corals, sea turtles, mangroves

Regulations Summary

Restrizioni

1. No fishing.
2. No anchoring by cruise liners except those carrying less than 400 passengers and in the designated anchorage zone to the west of Petit Rameau. No anchoring by yachts or motor cruisers except in the two designated anchoring zones in the Tobago Cays ‘lagoons’.
3. No windsurfing except in the windsurfing zone to the north of Petit Rameau and inside Horseshoe reef.

Consentito

Anchoring over sandy substrate in the designated anchoring zones among the Cays and north of Petit Tabac is allowed.

Governing Regulations