How We Give Back

At Seatone Consulting we believe in giving back to community-based conservation initiatives that are doing great work and need our help. One of our favorites is the Placencia Mooring Masters (PMM), a group of marine tour operators and concerned citizens in Placencia, Belize who install and maintain a network of mooring buoys in order to reduce anchor damage along the Belize Barrier Reef system.

PMM was established in 2006 with two small grants from the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). However, maintaining moorings over time across a large expanse of reef requires sustained revenue, a marine tourism sector committed to sustainable practices and countless volunteer labor hours. Seatone has raised thousands of dollars for PMM by hosting annual benefit concerts in San Francisco, California.

“Our efforts to promote sustainable marine recreation along the reef could not be sustained without the ongoing support provided by Seatone’s fundraisers,” says PMM Coordinator Marion Carr. “Donations have been used to purchase equipment, install and maintain moorings, design educational materials and offer incentives for tour guides who commit time and labor to support the program.”

The Belize Barrier Reef is the second largest coral reef ecosystem in the world. The reef is a vital natural resource for Belizean coastal communities like Placencia, yet is threatened by overfishing, pollution, climate change and the rapid growth of unsustainable coastal development and marine tourism. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the reef a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is the crown jewel of the Belize tourism industry.