Both islands were at one stage famous for their snorkelling and diving, but through a combination of bleaching and development problems such as freshwater run off and ridiculous
levels of boat traffic, the coral has suffered tremendously on most of the developed island beaches.
The effectiveness
of current approaches can also be examined, for example increases in Florida manatee deaths due to collisions with watercraft are shown not to be an inevitable outcome from the increasing numbers
of boats found on waterways, since the charts indicate that mortality
levels can be significantly stabilised with sensible waterway
traffic measures.