FITZGERALD: BELL ISLAND DESTRUCTION A DISGRACE

In a special press conference on the Aga Khan's destruction of the Exuma Cay's Bell Island, Senator Jerome Fitzgerald revealed that the impact on the environment in and around Bell Island is severe: 13 acres or 600,000 square feet of sea bed has been destroyed. Conch, fish, lobster and turtle habitats and coral beds have all been destroyed. A pond where the protected Bahama duck and countless other wildlife thrived has been so heavily impacted that they are no longer there. Hills have also been excavated. What I witnessed was both devastating and depressing. The Exuma Land and Sea Park was established in 1958 and comprises 176 square miles of land and sea. In 1959 The Bahamas National Trust was created by statute and in 1964 the Exuma Land and Sea Park was vested in the national Trust by the Crown. For more, please click here.

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