Honduras - Restrictions

Fishing:

• All spearfishing in a marine protected area is illegal in Honduras.
• Cruisers visiting Roatan should understand that spear fishing is not permitted by anyone, including Honduran nationals, anywhere in Roatan. (The sole exception is for taking lionfish and for that you must take a class and get a license.)
• Foreign nationals are not permitted to take lobster and conch at any time anywhere in Roatan and Hondurans can only take them outside the park boundaries during the open season.
• Fishing is only permitted by hook and line.
• See https://www.roatanmarinepark.org/ for more details.

Anchoring:

• Anchoring in the Bay Islands National Marine park is prohibited.
• All of Utila Island is a sanctuary except for the settlements.
• Also protected in the Bay Islands are the National Marine Park of Barbareta, West End on Roatán, and most of Guanaja and its surrounding reefs.
• Other protected islands are: Hog Cays (Cayos Cochinos), off the Caribbean coast, Cayos Zapotillos, Swan Island (Isla del Cisne) and Miskito Cays (Cayos Misquitos) off the Mosquito coast.
• Boats are not allowed to anchor anywhere in these protected areas, but have to use one of the moorings provided, for which there is no charge.

Find out more at https://www.roatanmarinepark.org/marine-infrastructure

Jet Skis:

In Roatan there are a number of restrictions on the use of jet skis. Full details at https://www.roatanmarinepark.org/patrolsupdate.

Last updated:  January 2022

Wider Caribbean's Marine Protected Areas (CaMPAM)
http://campam.gcfi.org/