'%Healthy Reefs for Healthy People - A Guide to Indicators of Reef Health and Social Well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef Region%'%by Melanie McField and Patricia Kramer%

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APPENDIX 3.

Technical Notes

D3 TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY INDEX

No eco-certification programs have been established for the cruise industry. However, the following guidelines

help measure the extent to which the cruise industry is working to mitigate ship-based as well as shore-based

impacts. The following priorities of a formal partnership between Ocean Conservation and Tourism Alliance

and the cruise industry are:

· Using best practices for wastewater management

· Establishing destination partnerships: working with local governments and communities to maintain high-

quality travel experiences by protecting the natural and cultural assets of cruise destinations

· Promoting environmental education: raising guest and crew awareness of and support for critical conservation

issues

· Promoting vendor environmental education: lessening the environmental impacts of suppliers

D6 FORAM INDEX

Calculation: (see reference 13 under Drivers of Change)

*Calculate the proportion (P) of specimens for each functional group by summing the specimens of each genus

of that group (N) and dividing by the total number of specimens counted (T).

Ps = Ns/ T, where subscript "s" represents symbiont-bearing foraminifers

Po = No/T, where subscript "o" represents opportunistic foraminifers

Ph = Nh/T, where subscript "h" represents other small, heterotrophic foraminifers

*Weight proportions to calculate the FORAM Index (FI):

FI = (10 x Ps) + (Po) + (2 x Ph)

D9 TOTAL VOLUME OF PRODUCTION PER SPECIES

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Belize

608

448

534

468

552

503

394

525

541

555

Honduras

1,257 1,450 1,176 1,237

1,541 823

612

772

1,021

950

Mexico

896

756

844

613

645

747

782

1,070

818

980

Strombid Conch

Belize

1,026 1,105 1,926 1,891

1,051 1,745

1,980

1,380

1,770

2,101

Honduras

675

609

868

601

721

713

1,005

386

1,002

Mexico

4,963 2,566 5,218 3,293

7,243 8,295

8,730

6,293

5,841

4,840

Guatemala: Western Central Atlantic Marine Production in Guatemala

Marine fishes

270

195

213

196

203

200

Penaeus shrimps

120

115

163

150

Data Source30

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