[Coral-List] please comment

[Elizabeth Silleck]

Steve, that is an excellent point. I do not have numbers, but if anyone has
contacts with a local business who would testify, in specific detail, about
their revenue streams relative to dive/long-term stay tourism vs. cruise
ships, it could be powerful also. I know my friends in Cozumel who run a
dive shop will tell you the same thing--many of the cruise ship tourists
get their wrist bands, spend the day lounging at an all-inclusive consuming
free drinks, and MAYBE buy cheap trinkets in town.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Steve Palumbi <spalumbi at stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Ellen and all, The other aspect of this kind of thing is that cruise
> ship tourism brings very little new income to local merchants, restaurants
> or hotels. The costs are paid by the town to build the pier and then the
> tourists stay on the ship and spend very little. So that is my question for
> the virtual group - does anyone have numbers for tourism value for an acre
> of good reef per year vs local value for cruise ships? Gathering these
> numbers up and passing them along may help.
>
> Steve
> **********************************
> Stephen R. Palumbi
> Harold A Miller Director, Hopkins Marine Station
> Jane and Marshall Steel Professor of Biology
> Stanford University
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Ellen Prager <pragere at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Coral listers
> >
> > The Minister of Tourism in Grand Cayman is pushing a plan to build an
> extended cruise/port pier. The Environmental Impact Statement is very
> clear, it will destroy acres of coral reef and the indirect impacts remain
> questionable.
> >
> > Grand Cayman's nearshore reefs are surprisingly healthy (relatively
> speaking) and still have fish, sea turtles, sharks etc. The plan mentions
> coral transplants and relocation as mitigation - but you cannot transplant
> or relocate entire reef structures (this is not just a few coral heads).
> >
> > Please take a moment if you would and comment on the plan to their
> Department of Environment.  Sorry for the short notice….the comment period
> closes July 3rd.
> > Here is the link to the plan and information:
> >
> >
> http://www.doe.ky/proposed-cruise-berthing-facility-eia-consultation-june-2015/
> >
> > The Cruise Industry was not aware of the plan and is now reviewing it
> and I have urged some of the major players to oppose the plan from their
> end as well.
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Ellen
> >
> > Dr. Ellen Prager
> > Earth2Ocean, Inc
> > @elprager
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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