IMPLEMENTATION OF AREAS WITH SPECIAL REGULATIONS IN THE CUBAN RECREATION CHARTERS

Abstract

Implementing the environmental theme in Cuban nautical cartography is a great step forward towards sustainable development, in accordance with the growing importance given to the environmental issue and to the Maritime Policies promoted by the International Maritime Organization and the International Hydrographic Organization, so the general objective of the work is to determine the areas occupied by the zones with special regulations and their specifications and through a case study to establish the processes to represent these zones in the Cuban recreational charts. For the study, a review and analysis of the regulations and resolutions especially related to areas with special regulations of high environmental significance was carried out, then, using different cartographic representation methods, the areas that could be included in the sheet were represented due to the scale yacht chart 5.6 corresponding to album 5. This made it possible to determine the processes to follow to continue mapping the areas in the other albums of yacht charts of Cuba. The new edition of the Yacht Charter Series provides updated information to the navigator on aspects related to the protection of the marine environment and which also constitute data of great interest for decision-making in the event of catastrophes such as oil spills.