The U.S. Virgin Islands install 200 Mooring Balls throughout territory that can be paid for on-line
The Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association (VIPCA) have installed 200 moorings territory-wide in the popular cruising grounds of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. The moorings help protect the underwater habitats and interrelated ecological systems of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and algal plains from anchors and anchor chains.
A Visit to the great Conch Mounds of Anegada
Located on the East end of Anegada, thousand of conch shells form a burial ground or conch mound. These conch burial grounds support the fact that the Arawak people lived on Anegada thousands of years ago. Since then, fisherman have discarded the shells here for more than 200 years…