Saba National Marine Park
Note: The data were entered in the language of the country of origin (English, French or Spanish) and there is no translation available yet.Chapter 3. SITE DESCRIPTION
h - Information and knowledge
Information and knowledge available
As a well established Park there is a fair amount of information available to SCF concerning the marine park. Some of the resources are becoming out dated, others continue to be updated;
Each of the information types described below are available to staff and have been identified via the DCNA Management Success Project or by Kenchington, R. A. (1990) (Managing Marine Environments, Taylor and Francis, New York.) as important background information for the running of any PA;
Sufficient for the needs of Saba National Marine Park:
Geological maps: Held by local resident, Smith and Roobol
Bathymetric charts: Saba Conservation Foundation, Electronic version, new map of Tent, new map of west side of the marine park.
Nautical chart: Saba Conservation Foundation, GPS
Tide tables: Internet and GPS
Hydrological survey: Saba Conservation Foundation - Ephemeral channels on map.
Topographical maps: Saba Conservation Foundation
Traditional usage: Saba Conservation Foundation - ancient use of island by amer-indians. Collected traditional names of areas on Saba 2013.
GIS: Maps produced 2009
Baseline habitat maps
The local recreational and cultural value of nature on Saba
The Tourism Value of Nature on Saba
Mapping the Economic Value of Ecosystems on Saba
Insufficient for the needs of Saba National Marine Park:
Aerial photographs: Google Earth
Not available:
Maps of currents
Community descriptions
Species lists
Status of commercially important species
Status of endangered, threatened and endemic species (Attachment 22 has a global comment)
Digital Satellite Images
Land use plans
List of the main publications
| Title | Author | Year | Editor / review |
| All publications available on the Dutch Caribbean Biodiversity Database. Relevant documents included in Attachments. | Various | 2014 | http://www.dcbd.nl |
Briefly indicate in the chart if any regular monitoring is performed and for what groups/species
| Species / group monitored (give the scientific name) |
Frequency of monitoring (annual / biannual / etc...) |
Comments (In particular, you can describe here the monitoring methods that are used) |
| Fish | Ongoing | 30-40 interviews a month with fishermen regarding fish landings |
| Fish | Ongoing | 100 sites monitored for fish biodiversity in the SNMP. |
| Lobster larvae | Ongoing | Five sites monitored for the abundance of lobster larvae. |
| Marine Mammals | Biannual | AGOA marine mammal monitoring |