PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH protected marine zones which would form a Barbados Marine Management Area (BMMA) along Barbados’ west coast are leaving a bad taste in the mouths of fishermen.
Members of the fisherfolk community were involved in a heated meeting with officials from the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) last week, the second in as many weeks in which officials sought to explain details of the proposed BMMA.
The special zones would see two areas along Barbados’ west coast come under special protection, and prevent fishing or entertainment activity in a further attempt to protect the west coast’s fragile coral reefs.
One management area would stretch from the mouth of the area near the Bridgetown Port southward to Accra Beach, Christ Church, and the other from Paynes Bay, northward to Weston, St James, inclusive of the Folkestone Park and Reserve Marine Reserve.
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