1

Sari

ta W

illia

ms-

Pete

r

Sain

t Luc

ia

2

Mar

ine

Prot

ecte

d A

reas

in S

aint

Luc

ia

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Louv

etM

angr

oves

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Gran

d Ans

eBe

ach

and

Man

grov

eM

arin

e Re

serv

eFo

nd D

'Or

Beac

hM

arin

e Re

serv

eCh

oc B

ay M

angr

oves

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Choc

Bay

Art

ificial Re

efM

arin

e Re

serv

eCa

s-en

-Bas

Man

grov

es

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-A

rtif

ical

Reef

at

Ans

ela

Ver

dure

(Dai

ni-K

oyom

aru

Dre

dger

)

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-Re

efs

exte

ndin

g fr

om R

ocky

Sho

re s

outh

of

Ans

eGa

let

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-A

rtif

ical

Reef

at

Ans

eCo

chon

(Les

leen

M)

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-M

arig

otBa

y M

angr

ove

Fore

stLo

cal F

ishe

ries

Man

agem

ent

Are

aCa

naries

/Ans

ela R

aye

Mar

ine

Man

agem

ent

Are

aM

arin

e Re

serv

eCa

esar

Point

to

Mat

hurin

Point

reef

sM

arin

e Re

serv

eBo

is D

'Ora

nge

Man

grov

es

3

Mar

ine

Prot

ecte

d A

reas

in S

aint

Luc

ia

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

/ Ra

msa

rsi

te-

Espe

ranc

eH

arbo

ur M

angr

oves

Mar

ine

Rese

rve/

Ram

sar

site

s-

Ans

ePo

inte

Sab

le-M

an K

ote

Man

grov

es

Wild

life

Rese

rve

-M

aria

Isl

ets

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-M

aria

Isl

et R

eef

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Are

aPo

int

Sab

le M

anag

emen

t Are

a

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Vigie

Beac

h Art

ificial Re

ef

4

Mar

ine

Prot

ecte

d A

reas

in S

aint

Luc

ia

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Are

a/

Wor

ld H

erit

age

Site

-Pi

tons

Man

agem

ent

Are

a (t

erre

stri

al a

nd m

arin

e co

mpo

nent

s)

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-Re

efs

from

nor

ther

n ex

tent

of

Gros

Pito

n to

the

we

ster

n m

ost

poin

t of

Gro

sPi

ton

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-Re

efs

from

the

sou

ther

n en

d of

Mal

gret

oute

Beac

h to

nor

ther

n en

d of

Jal

ousi

e Be

ach

(i.e.

Re

efs

arou

nd P

etit

Pit

on)

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-Re

efs

from

just

wes

t of

Rac

hett

ePo

int

to a

nd

incl

udin

g Ba

t Ca

ve

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

-Re

efs

from

Ans

eCh

astn

etto

the

wes

tern

mos

t po

int

of T

rou

au D

iabl

eBe

ach

(incl

udes

Gra

nde

Caill

eRe

ef)

Loca

l Fis

heri

es M

anag

emen

t A

rea

Souf

rier

eM

arine

Man

agem

ent

Are

aM

arin

e Re

serv

eSa

vann

esBa

y M

angr

ove

Are

aM

arin

e Re

serv

eRo

dney

Bay

Art

ificial Re

efs

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Bois D

'Ora

nge

Man

grov

esM

arin

e Re

serv

eM

oule-a

-Chiqu

ear

tificial r

eef

Mar

ine

Rese

rve

Mar

quis M

angr

oves

5

Souf

riere

Mar

ine

Man

agem

ent A

rea:

A M

arin

e Pr

otec

ted

Are

a on

th

e W

est

Coa

st o

f Sai

nt L

ucia

6

Bac

kgro

und

•In

crea

se in

wat

er-b

ased

tour

ism

act

ivity

in

Souf

rier

e vs

. tra

ditio

nal u

sers

•C

onfli

ct a

nd c

ompe

titio

n fo

r lim

ited

spac

e an

d re

sour

ces a

mon

g va

riou

s use

rs a

nd u

ses

•D

egra

datio

n of

res

ourc

es; l

oss o

f eco

nom

ic

oppo

rtun

ity; t

hrea

t of v

iole

nce!

•In

itial

uns

ucce

ssfu

l eff

ort b

y D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

erie

s

7

Uni

que

Con

sulta

tive

and

Part

icip

ator

y Pr

oces

s•C

lean

slat

e

•Mul

tiple

stak

ehol

der

mee

tings

:gov

ernm

enta

l, no

n-go

vern

men

tal,

com

mun

ity-b

ased

per

sons

•Rep

rese

ntat

ion/

mob

ilisa

tion

of g

roup

s

•Var

ious

site

vis

its

•Sci

entif

ic st

udie

s and

pop

ular

kno

wle

dge

•No

time

line

8

Zon

ing

Arr

ange

men

ts

•M

arin

e R

eser

ves

•Fi

shin

g Pr

iori

ty

Are

as

•Y

acht

Moo

ring

A

reas

•R

ecre

atio

nal A

reas

•M

ultip

le U

se A

reas

9

Mar

ine

Res

erve

s

10

Fish

ing

Prio

rity

Are

as

11

Yac

ht M

oori

ng A

reas

12

Rec

reat

iona

l Are

as

13

Mul

tiple

Use

Are

as

14

Mis

sion

Sta

tem

ent

•T

o co

ntri

bute

to n

atio

nal a

nd lo

cal

deve

lopm

ent,

part

icul

arly

in th

e fis

heri

es a

nd

tour

ism

sect

ors,

thro

ugh

the

man

agem

ent o

f th

e So

ufri

ere

coas

tal z

one,

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

inci

ples

of s

usta

inab

le u

se, c

o-op

erat

ion

amon

g re

sour

ce u

sers

, ins

titut

iona

l co

llabo

ratio

n, a

ctiv

e an

d en

light

ened

loca

l pa

rtic

ipat

ion,

and

equ

itabl

e sh

arin

g of

ben

efits

an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s am

ong

stak

ehol

ders

.

15

Inst

itutio

nal S

truc

ture

(I)

•B

oard

of D

irec

tors

(BO

Ds)

(mee

ts a

t lea

st o

nce

per

quar

ter;

als

o an

nual

gen

eral

mee

ting)

•St

akeh

olde

r C

omm

ittee

(mee

ts a

t lea

st o

nce

per

quar

ter)

•St

aff (

man

ager

, ran

gers

, pub

lic r

elat

ions

off

icer

, ac

coun

tant

, adm

inis

trat

ive

assi

stan

t, au

xilia

ry

staf

f)

•L

ocal

Fis

heri

es M

anag

emen

t Aut

hori

ty u

nder

the

Fish

erie

s Act

(Are

a is

Loc

al F

ishe

ries

Man

agem

ent

Are

a)

•N

ot-f

or-p

rofit

Com

pany

und

er th

e C

ompa

ny’s

Act

•A

genc

ies o

n B

OD

sret

ain

indi

vidu

al m

anag

emen

t au

thor

ity fo

r ar

eas a

nd se

ctor

s und

er ju

risd

ictio

n

16

Inst

itutio

nal S

truc

ture

(II)

SMM

A B

oard

of D

irec

tors

•Pr

esid

ent (

pers

on w

ith p

rove

n kn

owle

dge

and

expe

rien

ce in

the

field

of d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

man

agem

ent,

appo

inte

d fo

r a

rene

wab

le p

erio

d of

two

year

s by

Cab

inet

of M

inis

ters

, upo

n re

com

men

datio

n of

the

Min

iste

r of

Agr

icul

ture

, For

estr

y an

d Fi

sher

ies)

•M

inis

try

with

res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r Fi

sher

ies

•M

inis

try

with

res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r Pl

anni

ng

•M

inis

try

with

res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r T

ouri

sm•

St L

ucia

Air

and

Sea

Por

ts A

utho

rity

•N

atio

nal C

onse

rvat

ion

Aut

hori

ty

17

Inst

itutio

nal S

truc

ture

(III

)SM

MA

Boa

rd o

f Dir

ecto

rs (C

ont’

d)•

St L

ucia

Div

e A

ssoc

iatio

n

•St

Luc

ia H

otel

and

Tou

rism

Ass

ocia

tion

•So

ufri

ere

Fish

erm

en’s

Coo

pera

tive

•So

ufri

ere

Reg

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Fou

ndat

ion

•So

ufri

ere

Wat

er T

axi A

ssoc

iatio

n

•Pa

rlia

men

tary

Rep

rese

ntat

ive

for

Souf

rier

e C

onst

ituen

cy

18

Inst

itutio

nal S

truc

ture

(IV

)SM

MA

Sta

keho

lder

Com

mitt

ee (S

C)

•In

clud

es a

bro

ad m

embe

rshi

p to

ens

ure

repr

esen

tatio

n of

all

stak

ehol

ders

•A

ll m

ajor

pro

posa

ls fo

r m

anag

emen

t and

de

velo

pmen

t pro

duce

d or

bei

ng c

onsi

dere

d by

th

e m

anag

emen

t age

ncie

s of t

he A

ssoc

iatio

n,

and

rela

ted

to th

e SM

MA

, mus

t be

pres

ente

d to

th

e SC

for

advi

ce

•Is

sues

rai

sed

by th

e SC

are

to b

e co

nsid

ered

by

the

Boa

rd o

f Dir

ecto

rs o

f the

SM

MA

19

Fina

ncia

l Arr

ange

men

ts

•Use

r fe

es (d

ive,

snor

kel a

nd c

oral

co

nser

vatio

n (m

oori

ng) f

ees

•Ins

talla

tion

of m

oori

ngs

•Sal

e of

souv

enir

s

•Int

erne

t caf

é

•Don

atio

ns

•Gra

nts

20

Wha

t Doe

s the

SM

MA

Do?

(I)

•Sc

ient

ific

rese

arch

on

the

natu

ral

reso

urce

s of t

he a

rea

•R

egul

ar m

onito

ring

of c

oral

ree

fs, w

ater

qu

ality

and

oth

er e

nvir

onm

enta

l fac

tors

an

d re

sour

ces

•Pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

and

sens

itisa

tion

•Pr

ovis

ion

of fa

cilit

ies f

or u

sers

of t

he

SMM

A, e

.g. m

oori

ngs

•C

oord

inat

ion

of e

cono

mic

act

iviti

es

rela

ted

to th

e SM

MA

and

its r

esou

rces

21

Wha

t Doe

s the

SM

MA

Do

(II)

•Pr

omot

ion

of te

chno

logi

es th

at a

re

appr

opri

ate

and

linke

d w

ith lo

cal

envi

ronm

enta

l, so

cial

and

cul

tura

l as

pect

s of t

he S

MM

A

•Su

rvei

llanc

e an

d en

forc

emen

t of r

ules

an

d re

gula

tions

•C

onfli

ct r

esol

utio

n am

ong

the

vari

ous

user

gro

ups w

hene

ver

nece

ssar

y

•M

aint

enan

ce o

f the

pri

ncip

les o

f ong

oing

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

and

publ

ic c

onsu

ltatio

n

22

A F

ew H

ighl

ight

ed

Ach

ieve

men

ts•

Co-

exis

tenc

e of

use

rs w

ith m

inim

al c

onfli

ct

•In

crea

ses i

n fis

h st

ocks

in m

arin

e re

serv

es a

nd

fishi

ng a

reas

and

ref

lect

ion

of th

ese

incr

ease

s in

fishe

rmen

’s c

atch

es

•Se

lf-su

stai

nabi

lity

with

reg

ards

to o

pera

ting

cost

s

•In

tern

atio

nal r

ecog

nitio

n

•C

omm

unity

supp

ort

•E

nhan

ced

awar

enes

s and

sens

itisa

tion

23

But

All

is N

ot W

ell..

.•

Sedi

men

tatio

n an

d Se

wag

e•

Ove

ruse

of c

erta

in d

ive

site

s (lo

calis

edco

nges

tion)

•N

on-c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith r

ules

and

reg

ulat

ions

by

fishe

rs fr

om c

omm

uniti

es a

djac

ent t

o So

ufri

ere

•

The

ft o

n ya

chts

/inad

equa

te in

volv

emen

t of

dist

rict

pol

ice/

leni

ent p

enal

ties

•In

adeq

uate

con

sulta

tion

rega

rdin

g de

velo

pmen

t act

ivity

or

inad

equa

te a

nd/o

r un

timel

y ac

tion

whe

n re

port

s are

mad

e•

Lat

e pa

ymen

t of u

ser

fees

24

New

Dev

elop

men

ts/C

halle

nges

•M

anag

emen

t of

Can

arie

s/A

nse

la M

arin

e M

anag

emen

t Are

a (C

AM

MA

) •

Prop

osed

new

hot

el

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e SM

MA

, inc

ludi

ng m

arin

a •

Wor

ld H

erita

ge S

ite is

sues

•

Sedi

men

tatio

n &

w

aste

wat

er, c

oupl

ed w

ith

the

com

poun

ding

eff

ects

of

stor

m e

vent

s and

glo

bal

war

min

g