AGRRA workshop and assessment of Jamaica's reefs

Read background information on Jamaica's reefs

During August 2000, the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) program held a 7-day training workshop in Jamaica at the Discovery Bay Marine Lab. Twenty persons, including individuals representing Jamaica’s Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA), the University of West Indies, and officials from the Negril and Montego Bay Marine Parks, attended the workshop. In addition to classroom instruction and discussions, workshop attendees participated in daily field exercises designed to teach rapid assessment techniques and standardization procedures.

Following the workshop, participants were assembled into four assessment teams. Team members applied the AGRRA protocol to stretches of reef along Jamaica’s northern and western coasts. Forty-five deep (>5.0 meters) and 11 shallow (<5.0 meters) sites were assessed during a two week period (Fig. 1). The field report for this his comprehensive assessment is available below.

The Jamaica survey team

Field Report: Coral Reefs of Jamaica’s Northern Coast; Assessment of Condition and Key Threats

Prepared by Kristi Klomp for the AGRRA organizing committee.

Email: <klompkri@voyager.net>

Read background information on Jamaica's reefs

Return to AGRRA home page	Last updated: 12 November, 2000
Robert N. Ginsburg Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment MGG-RSMAS, University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149 USA	Tel: (305) 421-4664 Fax: (305) 421-4094 Email: agrra@rsmas.miami.edu URL: http://www.agrra.org/

© 2000 - AGRRA