REEF BALL GARDENS: Enhancing our environment… …and providing green jobs for our people. To Preserve and Protect OUR Marine Environment.

REEF BALL GARDENS:

Enhancing our environment…

…and providing green jobs for our

people.

ToPreserve and

ProtectOUR

Marine Environment

• “To preserve and protect our marine environment”• Non-government organisation/charity registered

2002-2003

About the BMT

• Members

• Donors, Sponsors and Funders

• Volunteers

• Board of Directors

The Barbados Marine Trust

History of Projects and Activities

Coral Head Transplant

Sandy Beach / Graeme Hall

SwampStudy

History of Projects and Activities

Reef Ball® Pilot Project in

Hastings

Sandy LaneManta

Moorings

History of Projects and Activities

Carlisle Bay Pilot Management Project

Camp Aquarius

WiSe(Wildlife Safe)Accreditation

Scheme

History of Projects and Activities

Environmental Education

Stewardship (EES)

Programme

Carlisle Bay Pilot Management Project

Marine Environmental

Education Signs

History of Projects and Activities

Monthly Limes

Beach Walks(Walks-and-

Talks)

History of Projects and Activities

PUBLICEXHIBITION& EVENTS:• Holders

Season• Sci-Tech Xpo• Oistins Fish

Festival• De Heart Uh

Barbados

History of Projects and Activities

Reef Check®

Fish Farming

History of Projects and Activities

• Reef Balls: A Solution To Coral Depletion and Community Livelihoods in Oistins, Barbados

• Two Main Goals:– Environmental Enhancement– Community Development• OISTINS ECO-MARINE TOUR GUIDES TRAINING

PROGRAMME• LAND TOURS• FISHING BOAT TOURS

The BMT Oistins Initiative

• Marine Conservation• Blue-Green Jobs

• Environmental Monitoring• Public Education

The BMT Oistins Initiative

• Pioneered by Todd Barber during the Gulf War

• Igloo-like structures• Made of concrete• Can be used to attract

fish, to simulate coral reefs, and act as breakwaters

• Different types and sizes

Reef Balls…

• Reef Balls help to overcome declining marine health• Used worldwide and successfully tested in Barbados by

BMT (Hastings Pilot Project)

Why Reef Balls?

• TRAINING– March 16-31st 2010– In-Class and Field/Practical components

• FOCUS– Marine Environment– Customer Service and Communication Skills– History & Culture– Tour Management– Basic First Aid

The Oistins Training Programme

• Example Tours– Morning Heritage Walking Tours (Lunch)– Evening Beach Tours– Oistins Bay Boat Tours– Fishing Tours

• FOCUS– Marine Environment– History and Culture

The Oistins Tours

Ms. Carol Smith delivers a presentation on Customer Service and Communication Skills

Oistins Training Programme

A look at the process…CORAL ON REEF BALLS FOUR YEARS

THANK YOU!!