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Coalition reclaims Nygard Cay as Crown Land and renews call for Clifton Sea Park
By Coalition to Save Clifton
Mar 13, 2014 - 2:36:51 PM

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Rev. Dr. C.B. Moss and members of the Coalition to Save Clifton reclaim the Crown Land at Simms Point/Nygard Cay for the Bahamian people and proposed its inclusion of the area, in its original, restored state, in the sea park they would like to see established.

Continuing their crusade to create a protected Clifton Sea Park, Rev. Dr. C.B. Moss and the Coalition to Save Clifton toured the Clifton Bay area by boat and stopped at Simms Point/Nygard Cay to reclaim the Crown Land there in the name of the Bahamian people.

The Coalition has repeatedly expressed their desire for a sea park to be established, extending the protection that the Clifton Heritage National Park currently offers on land to the corals and other marine resources in the Bay. Recently they took the idea one step further, touring the Bay by boat to see for themselves the area they want protected.  

Following the tour of the Bay, members of the Coalition went ashore onto the artificially created beach at Simms Point, also known as Nygard Cay. Rev Moss and his team proudly planted the Bahamian Flag, claiming ownership of the Crown Land in the name of the Bahamian People. “As we all know, the beach up to the high tide line is public beach, as is the case with all coastal land in The Bahamas,” said Rev Moss. “The claim on this part of the beach at Simms Point/Nygard Cay is further strongly supported as it was artificially created by man from the sea and is therefore is Crown Land!”

The created beach has been a site of much legal controversy in recent years and Moss has continually voiced concerns about the ecological implications to the current park and effects on the proposed sea park from the dredging and construction. He specifically noted that the work that has gone on in the Simms Point area was land reclaimed from the sea and the beach artificially extended.

“In 2010 the Government of The Bahamas ordered that this area be returned to its natural state and that the artificial beach be dismantled,” said Moss. “We are all still waiting for this judgement to be carried out and the Coalition to Save Clifton is willing to assist with this action and looks forward of the restored area being included within the park.”

Moss said that the Coalition is holding firm in their stance that the coastline needs to be restored so that the bay can function properly as a key marine habitat.  

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Rev. Dr. C.B. Moss points out the sea park areas his Coalition is hoping the Governent will establish around the Clifon Heritage Park.

Now that the Coalition to Save Clifton has the opportunity to view the marine area first hand and establish its version of the sea park, which would include the restored beach at Simms Point, it looks forward to sharing those boundaries with the Government.

Together the Clifton Heritage National Park and the Sea Park will represent a huge step forward to protecting the natural resources of The Bahamas for future generations of Bahamians to enjoy.  

“During our tour we were able to established reasonable boundaries for the sea park that will provide for the use and benefit of the Bahamian People for generations to come,” said Moss. “The Coalition plans to announce proposed programs for the on-going use of the Sea Park soon,” he concluded “to make the dream of Bahamians using the park a reality.”


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