Westside National Park

Minted in 2002 and expanded in 2012, this breathtakingly beautiful national park with its magnificent pines, dense mangroves and seemly endless flats of pristine blue water, is the best of what the wilderness of Andros has to offer. At 1.5 million acres, The West Side National Park is one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the Western Atlantic.

Species of Concern: Andros Rock Iguana, bonefish, West Indian flamingo, conch, spiny lobsters, sponges

Restrictions

1. The Land and Sea Parks have been designated marine replenishment areas and nurseries for The Bahamas therefore the hunting, trapping, netting, capture, or removal of any fish, turtle, crawfish, conch, whelk, or any marine and/or fisheries resource in or from the Park is prohibited.
2. The destruction, injury or removal of any living or dead plant life, beach sand, coral, sea fan or gorgonians from the Parks is prohibited.
3. The molestation, injury or destruction of any land animal or bird life or the eggs of any animal or bird is prohibited as is the use of nets or snares for the taking or destruction of any animal or bird life in the Parks.
4. Dumping of any wastes oil or rubbish either in land or in the sea is prohibited.
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Allowed

Permission may be granted individual instances for the capture or removal of a designated number of land or sea animals or plants required for valid scientific research. In each instance the scientific institution concerned must obtain a permit from The Bahamas National Trust prior to capture or removal of the specimens.