The Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program is an international collaboration of scientists and managers aimed at determining the regional condition of reefs in the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The rapid assessment protocol was a one-time assessment to evaluate the condition of a reef taking into account the dynamic relationship between corals, algae and fishes. The AGRRA protocol was applied to a number of sites along the north coast on Jamaica over a two week period in August 2000 and the results showed that the reefs along the north coast remained in a degraded state.