Rum Point - Grand Cayman, Source: Franco Caruzzo/Flickr

Protected areas of Cayman Islands

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:12 pm

Updated: July 30, 2012, 12:43 am

Contributing Author: Elisa Triana

Topic Editor: Peter Saundry

Source: WDPA

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Protected area highlights for the Cayman Islands (July 30, 2011):

	of Areas	Area km²
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of the Cayman Islands's Territorial Area)	49
- Terrestrial (% of the Cayman Islands's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	5	25.2	8.7%
- Marine and Littoral Protected Area	44	89.1	1.2%
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	1	1.9

Booby Pond and Rookery is recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention).

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 49 nationally recognized protected areas in the Cayman Islands.

1	12 - Mile Bank East Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	258	258
2	12 - Mile Bank West Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	323	323
3	Bat Cave Beach Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	35	35
4	Bloody Bay - Jackson Point (Little Cayman) Marine Park	II	Both	248	248
5	Booby Pond and Rookery Animal Sanctuary	IV	Both	192	82
6	Bowse Bluff - Rum Point (Grand Cayman) Marine Park	II	Both	59	59
7	Brac Parrot Reserve (Cayman Brac)	IV	Terrestrial	72.8
8	Cayman Brac East Grouper Spawning Site		Both	157	157
9	Cayman Brac West Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	96	96
10	Cayman Dive Lodge (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	5	5
11	Central Mangrove Wetland	Ib	Terrestrial	240
12	Colliers Pond (Grand Cayman) Animal Sanctuary	IV	Both	32	11
13	Coral Isle Club (Cayman Brac) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	4	4
14	Dick Sessingers Bay - Beach Point (Cayman Brac) Marine Park	II	Marine	213	213
15	Frank Sound RpZ (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Both	221	221
16	Govenor Michael Gore Bird Sanctuary	IV	Terrestrial	0.74
17	Grand Cayman East Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	152	152
18	Grand Cayman West Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	206	206
19	Head of Barkers - Flats (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	348	348
20	Jennifer Bay - Deep Well (Cayman Brac) Marine Park	II	Marine	92	92
21	Little Cayman East Grouper Spawning Site	IV	Both	154	154
22	Little Cayman West Grouper Spawning Site		Both	141	141
23	Little Sound (Grand Cayman) Environmental Zone	Ib	Both	1731	1028
24	Mary's Bay - East Point (Little Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	250	250
25	Mastic Reserve (Grand Cayman)	II	Terrestrial	169
26	Meagre Bay Pond S (Grand Cayman) Animal Sanctuary	IV	Both	38	17
27	No Diving Zone (East)	IV	Both	179	179
28	No Diving Zone (West)	IV	Both	160	160
29	North Sound (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Both	3,368	3,368
30	North West Point - West Bay Cemetery (Grand Cayman) Marine Park	II	Marine	136	136
31	Old Pageant Beach - Sand Cay Apartments (Grand Cayman) Marine Park		Both	174	174
32	Preston Bay - Main Channel MP (Little Cayman) Marine Park	II	Marine	92	92
33	Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park	II	Terrestrial	24
34	Radio Mast - Sand Bluff (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	156	156
35	Salina Reserve (Grand Cayman) Nature Reserve	Ib	Both	257
36	Salt Water Point - Beach Point RpZ (Cayman Brac) Replenishment Zone	IV	Both	27	27
37	Salt Water Pond / Dennis Point Pond Animal Sanctuary	IV	Both	24	6
38	Scotts Anchorage - White Bay (Cayman Brac) Marine Park	II	Both	45	45
39	South Hole Sound (Little Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	340	340
40	South Sound (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Both	314	314
41	South Sound Coast (Grand Cayman) Environmental Zone		Both
42	Spanish Cove Resort - Jetty (Grand Cayman) Marine Park	II	Both	8	8
43	Spott Bay (Cayman Brac) Replenishment Zone	IV	Both	11	11
44	Spotter Bay - Anchors Point (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	67	67
45	Treasure Island Resort - Old Pageant Beach (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	36	36
46	Un-named Replenishment Zone		Both	0.04
47	Victoria House- Treasure Island Resort (Grand Cayman) Marine Park	II	Marine	512	512
48	West Bay Cemetery - Victoria House (Grand Cayman) Replenishment Zone	IV	Marine	71	71