Natural Resources Conservation (Negril Marine Park) (Declaration) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 17 of 1998)
Made 1998-03-04 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Jamaica
- Subjects
- Wild species and ecosystems
- Keywords
- protected area, marine area, marine protected areas
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THE JAMAICA 'GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT · PROCLAMATIONS, RULES AND REGULATIONS Vol. CXXI THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 No. 12 No. 17 THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AUTHORITY ACT THE NATURAL RESOURCES C0'.'ISERVATION (NEGRJL MARINE PARK) (DECLARATION) ORDER, 1998 • In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Minister by section 5 of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, and on the recommendation of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority after consultation with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, the following Order is hereby made: !. This Order may be cited as the Natural Resources-Conservation (NegriJ Marine Par'.<) (Declaration) Order, 1998. 2. The area set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order which is delineated on the map set out in Part II thereof, is herel,>y declared to be a Marine Park and.shall constitute and be known as the Negri! Marine Park. 34 PROCLAMA TIO'I\S, RULES AND REGULATIONS [MARCH 5, 1998 SCH!:DULE (Paragraph 2) P,'\RT I-Area oflhe Negri/ ivlarine Park Commencing at the mouth of the Davis River in the north along the high-water mark of the shoreline to the mouth of the New Savannah River in the south, then to a poi nt 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° 26' 08" N longitude 78° 16' 31 '' W (marked as Point l on the map); then due south (seaward) of the mouth of the New Savanna River to a point 3.2 ki lometres with geographical coordinates lati tude 18° 25' 37" N longitude i8° 17' 58'' W (marked as Point 2 on the map); then due soutb from Salmon Point (also called South-West Point on topographic maps), to a po int 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude I 8° 25' 04" N longitude 78° 19' 13" W (marked as Point 3 on the map); then clue south-west from Sl:llmon Point (also called South-West Point on topographic maps), to a point 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° 23' 29" N longitude 78° 21' 37" W (marked as Point 4 on the map); then due south-west from Sunset Point, to a point 3.2 kilo metres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° 22' 41" N longitude 78° 22' 17" W (marked as Point 5 on the map); then due west from West Point at the Negri! Lighthouse to a point 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 16° 21' 16" N longitude 78:, 22' 53" W (marked as Point 6 on the map); then due west from South Negri I Point to a point 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° i6' 13" N longitude 78° 24' 16'" W (marked as Point 7 on the map); then due west from North Negril Point, to a point 3 .2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° 14' 45" N longitude 78° 23' 54" W (marked as Point 8 on the map); then due north-west from North Negri! Point, to a point 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18" 12' 581 ' N longitude 78° 22' 58" W (marked as Point 9 on the map); then due north-west from Orange Point, off Ireland Pen, to a point 3.2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° JO' 12" N longitude 78° 16' 12" W (marked as Point l O on the map); then due north-west from South-West Point of Green Island to a point 3 .2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude I 8° 09' 37" N longitude 78° 14' 43" W (marked as Point 11 on the map); then due north-west of Negro Bay Point to a point 3 .2 kilometres with geographical coordinates latitude 18° 09' 49'' N longitude 78" 13' 29" W (marked as Point I 2 on the map); t~en due north-west of Davis Cove, then back to the starting point. MARCH 5, 1998] PROCLAMA TlOt,.·s. RULES AND REGULATIONS 35 PART II ~ceril Marine Park Boun<lar:i· ... , • • J.. ~q,it 1.1.·, P 11rtt fl~•,y ::twi,v\ fto,1-"',,o.'T • 1 • • •• ... • ·o P:r.p~ oy NflCA - c;hr• U I 9b.o.-." Enw~ Wo,,m,l.., $y• lflm1 1)('An<:I'\ 1091 Dated this 4th day of March, 1998. • ,, • I? l .. . I • EASTON DOUGLAS, Minister.of Environment and Housing. PRINTED BY JAMAICA PRINTING SERVICES (1g92) LTD., (GOVERNMENT PRINTE!lS), DUKE ST., KON., JAMAICA