I have a controversial question about Oil Nut Bay. The Nova restaurant and marina are located in what I would call Deep Bay, not Oil Nut Bay. I have carefully navigated the channel and anchored in Oil Nut Bay inside the reef many times. It is a sand anchorage with great protection. Nothing but sand. The channel has markers all the way into Oil Nut Bay.
In reading the Oil Nut Bay company website it now states Anchoring Not Allowed to save the environment. I checked the BVI government website and actually called the Department of Fisheries. The bay is not legally restricted like a National Park area.
Is a resort allowed to prohibit anchoring offshore just because they want to?
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