Sint Eustatius Marine Park Harbour Zone (Oranjestad / Gallows Bay)

The Statia Marine Park ordinance (A.B. 1996 no. 3, Art. 2) designates a 'havengebied' (harbour area) at Oranjestad Bay / Gallows Bay as one of three managed zones inside the marine park, alongside the northern and southern reserves. It is the island's anchorage/port area on the leeward (west) side at Oranjestad: anchoring is prohibited (mooring-buoys only) to protect the reef, and it is managed by STENAPA. STENAPA's National Park Visitor Centre sits at the harbour on Gallows Bay. Spearfishing in the marine park is in any case restricted to free-diving and excluded from the reserves; activity in the busy harbour/anchorage is not a lawful or practical spearfishing area.