Caribbean Marine Biodiversity Program (CMBP) Assessment of Mangroves in the Protected Area of Three Bays, Northeast Haiti Technical Report Submitted by Landy Sabrina Cyprien and Francoise Benjamin, August 31, 2017. This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of The Nature Conservancy and its partners (CEBSE, FoProBiM, C-CAM, and SusGren) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Table of Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 7 Background ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Materials and Methods .................................................................................................................. 12 Results ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Mangrove Inventory ................................................................................................................... 16 Sector I: Caracol/Limonade Bay ............................................................................................... 17 Sector II: Fort Liberté ............................................................................................................... 24 Sector III: Lagon aux Boeufs ..................................................................................................... 32 Mapping the Mangroves ............................................................................................................. 39 Species Identification and Habitat Description .......................................................................... 42 Water Quality Assessment .......................................................................................................... 47 Discussion and Recommendations ................................................................................................ 47 Mangroves in Caracol/Limonade Bay ......................................................................................... 48 Mangroves in Fort Liberté ........................................................................................................... 49 Mangroves in Lagon aux Bœufs .................................................................................................. 50 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Literature Cited .............................................................................................................................. 50 Annexes .......................................................................................................................................... 54 2 List of Tables Table 1: Description of disturbance category identified in the PA3B ............................................ 15 Table 2: Average size of the four mangrove species sampled in the PA3B ................................... 16 Table 3: Data on mangroves in plot #1, sector I, Caracol/Limonade. ............................................ 17 Table 4: Data on mangroves in plot #2, sector I. ........................................................................... 18 Table 5: Data on mangroves in plot #3, sector I. ........................................................................... 20 Table 6: Data on mangroves in plot #4, sector I. ........................................................................... 20 Table 7: Data on mangroves in plot #5, sector I. ........................................................................... 20 Table 8: Data on mangroves in plot #6, sector I ............................................................................ 21 Table 9: Data on mangroves in plot #18, sector I. ......................................................................... 21 Table 10: Data on mangroves in plot #23, sector I. ....................................................................... 22 Table 11: Data on mangroves in plot #24, sector I. ....................................................................... 24 Table 12: Data on mangroves in plot #29, sector I. ....................................................................... 23 Table 13: Data on mangroves in plot #30, sector I. ....................................................................... 24 Table 14: Data on mangroves in plot #14, sector II, Fort Liberté. ................................................. 25 Table 15: Data on mangroves in plot #16, sector II. ...................................................................... 26 Table 16: Data on mangroves in plot #17, sector II ....................................................................... 27 Table 17: Data on mangroves in plot #13, sector II. ...................................................................... 28 Table 18: Data on mangroves in plot #15, sector II. ...................................................................... 29 Table 19: Data on mangroves in plot #11, sector II. ...................................................................... 29 Table 20: Data on mangroves in plot #7, sector II. ........................................................................ 30 Table 21: Data on mangroves in plot #8, sector II. ........................................................................ 30 Table 22: Data on mangroves in plot #9, sector II. ........................................................................ 30 Table 23: Data on mangroves in plot #10, sector II. ...................................................................... 31 Table 24: Data on mangroves in plot #12, sector II. ...................................................................... 32 Table 25: Data on mangroves in plot #25, sector III, Lagon aux Boeufs. ....................................... 33 Table 26: Data on mangroves in plot #22, sector III. ..................................................................... 34 Table 27: Data on mangroves in plot #19, sector III. ..................................................................... 35 Table 28: Data on mangroves in plot #21, sector III. ..................................................................... 36 Table 29: Data on mangroves in plot #20, sector III. ..................................................................... 36 Table 30: Data on mangroves in plot #26, sector III. ..................................................................... 37 3 Table 31: Data on mangroves in plot #27, sector III. ..................................................................... 37 Table 32: Data on mangroves in plot #28, sector III. ..................................................................... 39 Table 33: Common and scientific names of plants in the PA3B .................................................... 43 Table 34: List of birds and their conservation status (IUCN) ......................................................... 44 Table 35: Common and scientific names of crustaceans and mollusks identified ........................ 46 4 List of Figures Figure 1: Terrestrial and marine boundaries of the Protected Area of Three Bays (PA3B) ........... 11 Figure 2: Distribution of the sites in the PA3B ............................................................................... 13 Figure 3: Satellite image of sector I, Caracol/Limonade Bay ......................................................... 17 Figure 4: Satellite image of sector II, Fort Liberté Bay ................................................................... 25 Figure 5: Satellite image of sector III, Lagon aux Bœufs. ............................................................... 33 Figure 6: Density of the four mangrove species ............................................................................ 39 Figure 7: Distribution of the diameter at breast height (DBH) of the four mangrove species ...... 40 Figure 8: Distribution of the average height of the four mangrove species. ................................. 41 5 List of Annexes Annex 1: Crabs in the PA3B (Uca sp.) ............................................................................................. 52 Annex 2: Crab in the PA3B (Aratus pisonii) .................................................................................... 52 Annex 3: Soil sampling around a red mangrove ............................................................................ 54 Annex 4: Birds: Tyrannus dominicensis .......................................................................................... 54 Annex 5: Mangrove nursery (Bord de Mer de Limonade) ............................................................. 55 Annex 6: Quadrat delimitation ....................................................................................................... 55 Annex 7: Waste disposal near mangroves ..................................................................................... 56 Annex 8: Pile of wood cut from mangroves and bayahona ........................................................... 56 Annex 9: Rhabdadenia biflora ........................................................................................................ 57 Annex 10: Mangrove oyster ..........................................................................................................