Mooring Buoys are a small, but essential tool for protecting the seafloor from damage in in high traffic areas. The Trust maintains an active buoy deployment and maintenance programme, coupled with stakeholder education regarding their proper use. In order to understand the role mooring buoys play, its important that we understand the environment these buoys are used in.

The Montego Bay Marine Park has several zones which determine the types of activities allowed within the park.

These zones are established by two primary sources: the NRCA Act (Marine Park Regulations), and Fish Sanctuaries, as determined by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Division.

Both zones have their own rules that apply to the use of marine resources, and in some cases overlap.

Beach Monitoring is the process of monitoring the ebb and flow of sand throughout the natural course of its life.  In undisturbed habitats, beaches tend to go and come naturally.  Once man-made structures are introduced either under the water, or on the foreshore, the natural process becomes interrupted.  This can have both ecological and economic impacts.