Steve Irwins Death Will Help Save Stingrays( & Reefs!) in the Caymans: [View All]

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A ban on lifting stingrays from the water is one of many new draft regulations aimed at protecting the wild stingray populations that interact with tourists in areas of the North Sound. These Sandbar/Stingray City Regulations were outlined by Director of the Department of Environment Gina Ebanks–Petrie at the annual Tourism Conference Friday. Stingrays are also to be designated as a protected species and feeding them is to be limited. Fishing or removing any marine life from the area, the wearing of footwear close to rays and the reef and anchoring boats over the top of the sandbar and shallow coral areas will be prohibited under the proposed regulations. A ban on lifting stingrays from the water is one of many new draft regulations aimed at protecting the wild stingray populations that interact with tourists in areas of the North Sound.

From Caymanian Compass