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Vincent Gillett, CEO, CZMAI
"What we want to try to do as part of that management is to inform, educate as many people as possible about many of the various things that are happening in the coastal zone and most importantly we have to collect information data. We have to relate to the communities. We have to get information so that we can use that information and put it in a particular form so that we can use to educate as I said before and give guidance to our departments or ministries as to what is the best way what we should do. Sometimes people simply are not aware of the importance of boating; where to boat, how to boat - where the reef is located and as a consequence they create run into little difficulties. While we are seeing that most of our boat captains for example are very much aware of what is happening there in terms of the location of the reef, but invariably sometimes accidents happen. So it is our responsibility to inform; we create maps; we talk about the critical areas that are on the reef; where the critical areas are where fishing takes place; what are the important sites in terms of the lobster areas where fishermen work and so on; where manatees are; where important reef systems are - all of these things are significant. They are important and it is relevant to our management and to our planned development."

Hon. Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development
"The launch of the state of Belize's coastal zone report 2003-2013 represents an astonishing compilation of the research outcomes and the expert views from a wide cross section of 34 Belizean scientist and their international counterparts and chronicles the dynamic state of Belize's coastal zone over the last 10 years."

To end the week they will be hosting a movie night and video competition showcase at the Memorial Park on Friday night at 7.