Fisheries Resources (Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve) Order (S.I. No. 134 of 2024)

BELIZE: FISHERIES RESOURCES (LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL MARINE RESERVE) ORDER, 2024 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS 1. Citation. 2. Declaration of marine reserve. 3. Map of marine reserve. SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II Fisheries Resources No. 134] Fisheries Resources 1 Citation. Declaration of marine reserve. Schedule I. CAP. 210. BELIZE: STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 134 of 2024 ORDER made by the Minister responsible for fisheries in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 14(1)(b) of the Fisheries Resources Act, Chapter 210 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020, and all other powers thereunto him enabling. (Gazetted 17th October, 2024). 1. This Order may be cited as the FISHERIES RESOURCES (LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL MARINE RESERVE) ORDER, 2024. 2. The area specified in Schedule I is hereby declared to be a marine reserve for the purpose of the Fisheries Resources Act. 3. A map of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve is set out in Schedule II. Map of marine reserve. Schedule II. 2 Fisheries Resources [No. 134 Fisheries Resources 3 SCHEDULE I [paragraph 2] LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL MARINE RESERVE ALL THAT PORTION of the Caribbean Sea named the LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL MARINE RESERVE, fully described using the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27) and scaling all coordinates in meters within Zone 16 North of the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, and more fully described as follows– Commencing at a point having coordinates 453145 East 1943112 North; thence South West for approximately 9.649 Nautical Miles(17.87 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 463437 East 1928505 North; thence generally south east for approximately 9.800 Nautical Miles (18.15 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 457557 East 1911329 North; thence South for approximately 8.521 Nautical Miles (15.78 Kilometers) to a point having coordinates 457557 East 1895552 North; thence West for approximately 1.781 Nautical Miles( 3.30 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 454253 East 1895552 North; thence South East for approximately 14.708 Nautical Miles (27.24 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 430951 East 1881439 North; thence generally North West for approximately 10.621 Nautical Miles(19.67 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 420952 East 1898380 North; thence generally North East for approximately 7.862 Nautical Miles ( 14.56 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 426246 East 1911948 North; thence East for approximately 1.193 Nautical Miles (2.21 Kilometers) to a point having coordinates 428454 East 1911948 North; thence North for approximately 2.954 Nautical Miles (5.47 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 428458 East 1917414 North; thence generally North East for approximately 11.749 Nautical Miles (21.76 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 436972 East 1937444 North; thence generally North East for approximately 9.255 Nautical Miles (17.14 kilometers) to the point of origin, encompassing a total area of approximately 122,801.021 Hectares( 1,228.010 Square Kilometers), and comprising of the following zones– GENERAL USE ZONE I Comprising of approximately 50,744.788 Hectares (507.447 Square Kilometers) and ccommencing at a point having coordinates 447621 East 1935041 North; thence generally East for approximately 2.251 Nautical Miles (4.17 kilometers) to a point having 451748 East 1934459 North; thence South East for approximately 1.825 Nautical Miles (3.38 kilometers) to a point having 454088 East 1932027 North; thence South East for approximately 1.987 Nautical Miles (3.68 kilometers) to a point having 455 299 East 1 928 554 North; thence generally South for approximately 2.170 Nautical Miles (4.02 kilometers) to a point having 454996 East 1924549 North; thence South West for approximately 5.713 Nautical Miles (10.58 kilometers) to a point having 450402 East 1915014 North; thence West for approximately 1.026 Nautical Miles (1.90 kilometers) to No. 134] Fisheries Resources 3Fisheries Resources 4 a point having 448498 East 1915014 North; thence generally South West for approximately 5.400 Nautical Miles (10.00 kilometers) to a point having 446837.6899 East 1905233.1120 North; thence West for approximately 3.855 Nautical Miles (7.14 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 439 694.4092 East 1 905 263.5858 North; thence South for approximately 5.243 Nautical Miles (9.71 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 439721 East 1895552 North; thence generally South West for approximately 1.690 Nautical Miles (3.13 kilometers) to a point having 438846 East 1892544 North; thence generally South West for approximately 1.900 Nautical Miles (3.50 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 436276 East 1890164 North; thence West for approximately 2.090 Nautical Miles (3.87 kilometers) to a point having 432412 East 1890278 North; thence North West for approximately 2.203 Nautical Miles (4.08 kilometers) to a point having 430004 East 1893569 North; thence North for approximately 2.997 Nautical Miles (5.55 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 429732.4845 East 1899108 North; thence East for approximately 1.290 Nautical Miles (2.39 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 432119 East 1899108 North; thence generally North East for approximately 3.656 Nautical Miles (6.77 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 434923 East 1905274 North; thence East for approximately 1.134 Nautical Miles (2.1 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 437020 East 1905274 North; thence North for approximately 1.269 Nautical Miles (2.35 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 437020 East 1907625 North; thence West for approximately 1.112 Nautical Miles (2.06 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 434965 East 1907625 North; thence North for approximately 6.177 Nautical Miles (11.44 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 435019 East 1919065 North; thence generally North East for approximately 5.238 Nautical Miles (9.70 kilometers) to a point having coordinates 438671 East 1928054 North; thence generally North East for approximately 6.129 Nautical Miles (11.35 kilometers) to the Point of origin; excluding: High Protection for Biodiversity Zone 2, High Protection for Biodiversity Zone 3, Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument, Blue Hole Natural Monument, Spawning Aggregation Sites, and General Use Zone II. GENERAL USE ZONE II All the area of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve comprising of approximately 72,056.232 Hectares (720.562 Square Kilometers), excluding High Protection for Biodiversity Zone 2, High Protection for Biodiversity Zone 3, Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument, Blue Hole Natural Monument, the Spawning Aggregation Sites, and General Use Zone I. 4 Fisheries Resources [No. 134 (HON. ABNER PEREZ) Minister of the Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management (Minister responsible for fisheries) MADE by the Minister responsible for fisheries this 16th day of October, 2024. Fisheries Resources 5 SCHEDULE II [paragraph 3] MAP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL MARINE RESERVE MADE by the Minister responsible for fisheries this day of , 2024. (HON. ABNER PEREZ) Minister of the Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management (Minister responsible for fisheries)