Grenada Coral Reef Report Card
Grenada, Carriacou & Petit Martinique Seascape
The main island of Grenada, along with Carriacou and Petit Martinique have a combined land area of 353 km 2 . Grenada
is further south with Carriacou and Petit Martinique to the north. The islands have steep landscapes surrounded by coral
reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses. Most people live in Grenada in St. George’s, Grenville and Gouyave, with an economy
based on tourism and agriculture (nutmeg, cocoa, banana). Local communities have a long cultural heritage linked to
their coastal waters. Nearshore waters are affected by disturbances like sediments (coastal development, agriculture),
pollution and nutrients, unsustainable fishing, storms and coral bleaching. Grenada’s government is a regional leader with
comprehensive marine management, fisheries regulations, educational programs and community outreach.
Petite
Martinique
3 Islands
Grenada, Carriacou
& Petit Martinique
L’Appelie
168 species
of birds
Carriacou
Argyle
353 km 2 land
3 km 2 of
mangroves
3 Marine
Managed Areas
12 hurricanes
since 1970s
Ronde
Island
78 km 2 of
coral reefs
Caille
Island
6% GDP from
tourism
Gouyave
Sauteurs
4 species
of sea turtles,
3 nesting
species
Victoria
Gouyave
Nianganfoix
116,000 visitors
in 2013
Blaize
Dunfermline
Grenville
75% land used
for small scale
agriculture
Grenada
29 km 2 of
seagrasses
St Georges
St. David
Morne
Roughe
Grenada Timeline
Protection for reefs (above line) / Key events impacting coral (below)
• Cartagena Convention - 1983
1970 - 1980
• Coral die-off due to disease
• Diadema urchin die-off
• Convention on Biodiversity - 1992
• White sea urchin moratorium
• Fisheries Regulations - 1996
1990
• Hurricane Lenny - 1999
• Fish kill - 1999
110,000 people
• AWE Project (TNC) - 2011
• MPA governance (CERMES) - 2012
• WCCMPA- Management plan - 2012
• RAMSAR Site Declared - 2012
• MPA enforcement training - 2012
• WCCMPA - 2001
• Caribbean Biodiversity Fund - 2012
• MPA Legislation MBMPA - 2001 • ECMMAN - 2013
• Protected Area Declaration- 2006 • Launch (MPA) -SIOBMPA-MBMPA
• TNC Parks in Peril - 2007
• Coastal Zone Policy (GIZ) - 2015
• Caribbean Challenge - 2008
• Lionfish Action Plan - 2014/15
• Mangrove restoration WCCMPA • Coral Nurseries -2015
2000
• Hurricane Ivan & Emily
• World economic crash -2008
• Coral bleaching - 2005
2010
• Fish kills 2011, 2015
• Drought - 2010
• Coral bleaching - 2010
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