How does cruise tourism negatively impact the marine life at Falmouth Pier in Trelawny

Coates at responsibletravel.com (2011) reveals that taking a cruise is far mpre environmentally damaging than taking a flight. That statement is further verified by TSVC.com when they stated: waste disposal is a huge issue for cruise ships and in actual fact, cruise tourists produce more daily rubbishthan the local people do When the ships are at sea, there is no other practical way of disposing of the accumulated garbage while at the same time, maintain an acceptable level of cleansiness onboard the ship, other than, throwing the garbage overboard and into the sea. This bad habit is practised by many cruise ships, and it not only disrupt the beauty of the oceans, but ..destroyes marine life, including the coral reefs which protect the beaches from erosion, said Vassel & Fraser (2008). The Caribbean relies heavily upon the natural environment for attracting visitors, stated Lester & Weed (2004), yet still while we use our beaty to attract tourists, we end up, destroying our beauty, while trying to accommodate them. As if proving that statement right, a post on elaw.org says that Port dredging and coastal development often impact upon reef habitats and possibly carry with the main inherent risk of further degradation of coastal ecosystems. The term dredging refers to any of various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices and used to deepen harbors and waterways and in underwater mining and is usually done to provide space for ships to gain access to the ports/ harbors. The coast line as well as the sea had to have been modified for the Falmouth Pier to have been constructed as well as to accommodate cruise ships and in turn tourists. During this modification,

many marine lives were destroyed, and an article on jamaicaforsale.net agrees with elaw.org in saying: It will be dumped. The coast line will be reconfigured underneath, the reefs broken and the coral moved for transplantation (read: likely death), the sea grasses and mangroves destroyed (read: no more fish nurseries) above, the coast will become bloated, dumped with what has been dredged to make the depths necessary for the largest cruise ships in the world (carrying over 6,000 people, almost the population of Falmouth), so that what was once sea now will be land a docking area, customs, duty free shopping, restaurants, parking, no trespassing signs. Once the coral reefs are gone the beaches in and around the area will begin to experience severe erosion, because as the reefs die, or are removed, the strong waves will reach the shore, washing away much of the sand. If Jamaica is to benefit from tourism, and in particular cruise tourism, then we will need to heed this advice from Lester & Weeden (2004), ...Maintaining the environment is absolutely crucial in order to manage the balance of tourism, because as the environment deteriorates it will have a direct impact on tourism...

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