Port Honduras Marine Reserve

Port Honduras Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve in the Toledo district of Belize. It was established in January 2000,^[1] and covers 40,470 hectares (100,000 acres) of mangrove and coastal ecosystems. It encompasses over one hundred small, mangrove-fringed cayes, benthic habitats comprising soft-bottom seagrass beds and fringing reefs.^[3]

Port Honduras Marine Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of Belize
Location	Gulf of Honduras, Belize
Nearest city	Punta Gorda[1]
Coordinates	16°12′11″N 88°38′02″W[2]
Area	40,470 hectares (100,000 acres)
Established	January 2000
Governing body	Belize Fisheries Department Toledo Institute for Development and Environment

The reserve is co-managemened by the community-based Non Governmental Organization the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment.^[3] It is divided into three zones: a general use zone, a preservation zone^[4] and a conservation zone.^[5]