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| + | Under new regulations recently passed in the Legislative Assembly, all commercial boat operators are now required to have a licence to visit the Sandbar and deep Stingray City, which have been designated as Wildlife Interaction Zones. | ||
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| + | Licences are valid for three years and will cost $300 for vessels 50 ft. or shorter | ||
| + | in length and $600 for vessels longer than 50 ft. An initial non-refundable application fee will also be charged with vessels 50 ft. or longer in length paying $200 and those shorter in length paying $100. Although valid for three years, licences may be revoked by the Marine Conservation Board at any time if conditions are not met. | ||
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| + | Minister of Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce, the Hon. Charles Clifford said "These Regulations will help to control the number of passengers that may be | ||
| + | carried to any of the designated Zones. They will also regulate the mooring or anchoring of boats, and will require boats to be marked or to display visible evidence that they are licensed to be in the Zone," he said. | ||
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| + | One of the conditions for licence approval is that each commercial vessel using the | ||
| + | Wildlife Interaction Zone must have a holding tank (if the vessel has a head). | ||
| + | Vessels 50 ft. or longer in length have one year to install a holding tank; vessels | ||
| + | 50 ft. or shorter in length have 18 months to comply. "Any vessel that has a head but is too small to have a holding tank is required, under the regulations, to install a portable one," said Marine Conservation Board Secretary Phil Bush. | ||
Revision as of 07:30, 30 July 2007
GoToCayman.com - News from Cayman (ISSN: 1744-7690)
June 2007
Under new regulations recently passed in the Legislative Assembly, all commercial boat operators are now required to have a licence to visit the Sandbar and deep Stingray City, which have been designated as Wildlife Interaction Zones.
Licences are valid for three years and will cost $300 for vessels 50 ft. or shorter in length and $600 for vessels longer than 50 ft. An initial non-refundable application fee will also be charged with vessels 50 ft. or longer in length paying $200 and those shorter in length paying $100. Although valid for three years, licences may be revoked by the Marine Conservation Board at any time if conditions are not met.
Minister of Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce, the Hon. Charles Clifford said "These Regulations will help to control the number of passengers that may be carried to any of the designated Zones. They will also regulate the mooring or anchoring of boats, and will require boats to be marked or to display visible evidence that they are licensed to be in the Zone," he said.
One of the conditions for licence approval is that each commercial vessel using the Wildlife Interaction Zone must have a holding tank (if the vessel has a head). Vessels 50 ft. or longer in length have one year to install a holding tank; vessels 50 ft. or shorter in length have 18 months to comply. "Any vessel that has a head but is too small to have a holding tank is required, under the regulations, to install a portable one," said Marine Conservation Board Secretary Phil Bush.
Cayman Airways have started their service between Grand Cayman and New York JFK. The summer schedule has flights leaving Cayman at 4:30pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, arriving at 9pm. The return leg leaves New York on Thursday, Sunday and Monday at 9:00am, arriving at 11:45am.
At the launch of the service (which has seen bookings 20% higher than expected) Chairman of the Cayman Airways Board Angelyn Hernandez expressed her delight with the new route. Ms Hernandez also announced that from December flights will increase to four times a week up from the thrice weekly summer service an dadded that if the booking trends continued they would look at a five times a week service
Ivan Burgess has published a second edition of the booklet "The History of the Cayman Islands Post Offices". Covering the period 1889 to 2006, the booklet endeavours to trace the development of the Post Office buildings and services in the Cayman Islands. Illustrated with over 50 coloured photographs and peppered with images of frankings and stamps, it gives the history of the Post Offices, Postal Agencies and key staff in all three islands. The second edition of 500 numbered copies is available on Grand Cayman from Hobbies & Books and Pure Art for CI$15. If you are interested in purchasing it, please contact Ivan at ivanburgess@yahoo.co.uk. Orders form overseas, including airmail postage cost US$25 for America, $30 for Canada and £15 for Europe.
Tortuga Rum are offering a 20% discount on all online orders placed over US$50 by 31st July 2007. For details see http://www.tortugarumcakes.com/newsletter-062507.html
