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Hol Chan Marine Reserve:
The Hol Chan Marine Reserve focuses on the Hol Chan (Mayan
for "little channel") Cut which is in the barrier
reef, some four miles southeast of San Pedro Town, Ambergris
Caye. Established in 1987, the reserve the first of its
kind in Central America - includes a five square mile area
of three distinctive zones.
Zone A includes the reef, both inside and outside, Zone
B includes the seagrass beds inside the reef, and Zone C
includes the mangroves of southern Ambergris Caye. All three
zones are closely linked and are interdependent.
Buoys have been installed to mark the boundaries of the
Reserve and to provide anchoring points for dive operators'
boats. Since it is illegal to fish and/or collect coral
within the reserve, the marine life is flourishing once
again.
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