November 6, 2002 -- Bill Introduced to Establish Tres Palmas Marine Reserve

San Juan, PR: Surfrider Rincón, Surfrider San Juan and Surfrider National joined Puerto Rico's Speaker of the House Carlos Vizcarrondo and Rincón Mayor Carlos Lopez to publicly announce Proyecto de la Cšmara 2983 the law to establish The Tres Palmas Marine Reserve. A press conference was held in the Speaker's office to announce and explain the bill that would afford permanent protection to Rincón's treasured natural and recreational resources. The proposed Tres Palmas Marine Reserve would save one of Puerto Rico's and the Caribbean's healthiest elkhorn coral colonies, turtle nesting areas and whale breeding zones. In addition, the Marine Reserve would include numerous world class surf breaks including the Caribbean's famous big wave treasure Tres Palmas. The bill is currently sitting with the Natural Resources Committee which will soon hold public hearings on the measure before the bill is brought to the floor for a vote.

Links:

• To see the press release in English, click here.
  
  
• To see the press release in Spanish, click here.
  
  
• To see the Speaker of the House's press release, click here.
  
  
• To see the actual legislation, click here.
  
  
• Link to newspaper article from El Vocero