For the past couple of days, the Fisheries staff, housed at Middle Caye, have been busy completing surveys for the Meso Barrier Reef System (MBRS) Synoptic Monitoring Program (SMP).

Roberto Carballo,Manager of the Glovers Reef Fisheries had help from Alex Jones another fisheries staff from South Water Caye and two Peacecorp volunteers.


The MBRS SMP at Glovers Reef is part of a region wide monitoring programme covering all of the Meso American Barrier reef and including 4 countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.


The Synoptic Monitoring Program (SMP) has been developed to try to answer some of the questions on the health of the reef and its associated ecosystems, in order to assist in the management of this unique and shared resource.

To find out more about MBRS Synoptic Monitoring program please visit the website:
http://www.mbrs.org.bz/
You can also read the manual at:
www.mbrs.org.bz/dbdocs/tech/SMPMan03.pdf