Montego Bay Marine Park

To ensure sustainable use of the natural resources, to ensure the safety of users and compliance with applicable laws and regulations within the Marine Park.

Species of Concern: Snapper, parrot, jack, squirrel, barracuda, trumpet, doctor, angel, snook, crabs, conch, lobster, octopus, lion fish, corals

Restrictions

The park is zoned for different uses. The following restrictions apply in all marine parks:
1. A person shall not, except with the written permission of the Authority or except in accordance with the provisions of a licence granted under any other enactment, carry out any operation for the extraction or mining of minerals in a marine park.
2. A persan shall not:
(a) destroy, injure, deface, move, take, harmfully disturb or remove from a marine park any sand, gravel or minerals, corals, sea fans, shells, shell fish, starfish or other marine invertebrates, seaweeds, grasses, or any soi!, rock, artifacts, stones or other materials;
(b) cut, carve, injure, mutilate, move, displace or break off any bottom formation or growth;
(c) attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any coral, rock or other formation, whether temporary or permanent in character or use;
(d) use, sell, or otherwise dispose of any seaweed, coral, mineral, gravel, sand or other substance or thing, knowing it to have been stoeln or unlawfully removed from a marine park.
3. A person shall not in a marine park:
(a) dredge, excavate or carry out any filling operations or deposit any material in the waters thereof; or
(b) erect any building or other structure or any public service facility,
without the written permission of the Authority.
4. A person shall not discharge or deposit in or on the waters of a marine park, any refuse, oily liquids or wastes, acids or other deleterious chemicals or any toxic or polluting substance of any kind injurious to plant or animal life.
5. A person shall not wilfully mark, deface or injure in any way or remove or interfere with in any way any mooring, buoy, marine park sign, notice or placard, whether temporary or permanent or with any monument stake, post or other boundary maarker in any marine park.
6. A person shall not fish in a marine park without the written permission of the park manager.
7. A person shall not use in a marine park any poisonous sub­stance, electrical charges or any other similar device for the catching or killing of fish.
8. A person shall not:
(a) deposit or leave any litter, bottle, broken glass, china, pottery, plastic articles, rubbish, refuse or other waste material, except in an area or receptacle designated or provided for that purpose:;
(b) deposit or leave any noxious, noisome, offensive substance, matter or thing;
(c) deposit or leave any offal, dead animal, dung or other filth;
(d) deposit in any receptacle provided for litter any domestic garbage;
(e) wilfully break any article of glass, china, pottery. plastic or other similar material.
9. A person shall not discharge or have in his possession in a marine park any air rifle or other fire arm, spring gun, sling, bang sticks, spear guns, harpoons, or any other weapon which is potentially harmful to fish or wildlife or to the restructure and dangerous to human safety.

Allowed

Certain activities are allowed with permission.