Court injunction halts jet ski activity in Buccoo Reef and Pigeon Point

An emer­gency High Court in­junc­tion is now in ef­fect, stop­ping jet ski op­er­a­tions in the Buc­coo Reef Ma­rine Park and the Pi­geon Point Her­itage Park.

The To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly se­cured the or­der re­strict­ing named in­di­vid­u­als and “per­sons un­known” from op­er­at­ing per­son­al wa­ter­craft with­in the pro­tect­ed ar­eas.

The in­junc­tion al­so bars the of­fer­ing or so­lic­i­ta­tion of jet ski ser­vices, as well as the launch­ing, re­trieval, or use of the ves­sels, un­til fur­ther or­der of the court.

The THA said the move fol­lows re­cent in­ci­dents and on­go­ing con­cerns about un­safe and un­law­ful ac­tiv­i­ty with­in the ma­rine parks.

The or­der was grant­ed by Jus­tice Sher­lanne Pierre and takes im­me­di­ate ef­fect. Any­one who breach­es it faces le­gal con­se­quences.

The mat­ter is set to re­turn to court on May 1.