Blue Growth

25 July 2017 / From the Archives.

The marine environment is critical to Grenada’s economy and closely linked to the island’s income generating tourism sector. Grenada’s tri-island ocean state is not just a hub of mar­itime activity, but also home to unique marine biodiversity .To ensure the sustainability of the island’s marine resources and the many benefits they provide, the Government of Grenada has committed to conserving 25% of its near shore marine space as part the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI)

Grenada’s Marine Protected Network spans its three islands and includes three established MPAs managed in closehidden-title collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries, the island’s MPA Management Committee and community stakeholders with support from The Nature Conservancy.

The underwater sculpture garden found embedded on Grenada’s west coast within the Moliniere-Beausejour Marine Protected Area is listed as one of the top 25 wonders of the world by National Geographic.

To the north of the island is Kick ‘Em Jenny one of the few active underwater volcanoes in the Caribbean. In November 2013, Dr. Robert Ballard and his Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) team together with University of the West Indies discovered unique giant mussels and tube worms in cold seeps at 6,000ft below the sea surface.

This unexpected discovery has marked Grenada as a potential global deep sea ocean exploration site for discovery of new and unique genetic marine species.