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The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Belize, Honduras and Guatemala. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200km from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras.
Many rivers flow into the gulf from mainland Central America, including the Motagua and the Ulúa, and Lago de Izabal in Guatemala is also connected to the gulf by a narrow channel.
A large number of reefs and cays exist in the Gulf of Honduras, collectively known as the Pelican Cays.
Many Americananglers visit the Gulf of Honduras to catch the marlin that abound there. Tourists are often taken on boat trips to the Pelican Cays, notably Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye.
In 1961Hurricane Hattie swept across the Gulf of Honduras, destroying buildings in Belize.
Honduras is a poor country, only Haiti is poorer in the Western Hemisphere, with a corrupt and ineffectual government.
Fish is a principal source of protein for Bay Islanders and lobstering and shrimping are the traditional and dominant form of employment for Islander men.
While physical measures of changes in the health of the flora and fauna of the Bay Islands and the welfare of its people that are attributable to BICA are not available, the perceptions of BICA members regarding these parameters were collected.
Appendix B-1 tabulates the population of the Bay Islands from 1881-1961 and appendix B-2 tabulates the population of Utila from 1958-1974
The Roatan section has been included since covers additional Bay Islands history from 1639 - 1838 with a focus on Port Royal (the centre of Bay Islands buccaneer history) which in 1933 had a population of "one American and a scant handful of native Hondurans".
An extract from the 1898 Honduras Directorio de las Cuidades, listing names of the people of Utila and their occupations, which may be of value to anybody with an interest in the genealogy of Utila.
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