Funding Agency:  Initial funding from DEFRA

JCRMN's objectives are to stimulate interest in the monitoring of the Jamaican coral reef, train persons in coral reef monitoring methodologies and to develop a sustainable coral reef monitoring program for the island.

Monitoring is done using the Reef Check method (which is the largest volunteer coral reef monitoring program in the world), and Jamaican volunteers are trained in this method. Reef Check focuses on the abundance of particular coral reef organisms that best reflect the condition of the ecosystem. It provides a rapid assessment of selected fish and invertebrate species present as well as reef substrate composition.

Data processing and the production of reports are conducted by the Caribbean Coastal Data Centre (CCDC).