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GoToCayman.com - News from Cayman (ISSN: 1744-7690)

March 2007

For the first time since the introduction of The Port Authority Law (1999), the Royal Cayman Islands Police shut access to the Stingray City Sandbar to watercraft. Superintendent Mike Needham said "We were very sorry we had to do this, but on the evidence ... we decided that it wasn't safe." The weather and wind conditions were extremely hazardous." "The officers actually witnessed two boats nearly collide with each other." This coincided with a number of minor injuries at the site: two cruise ship passengers suffered stings from tiny jellyfish known as sea thimbles (common in the waters of Cayman at this time of year). A third tourist was injured when a stingray barb pierced the skin of his arm. I can't remember the last time that a visitor was injured by a ray at Stingray City. According to Superintendent Needham "The stingray was thrown onto the tourist (by) the wave action. The animal was likely scared. I don't think this was a deliberate action by the stingray." The Legislative Assembly are still working on drawing up marine regulations for Stingray City and the Sandbar.