The only thing I can do is sigh. Sadly, I'm used to Jamaica selling off her natural treasures.
Interesting article and I'll wait to see what actually happens. The first thing that struck me - housing? On Booby Cay? What about hurricanes? Even tropical storms or rough seas...that place cannot fare well at all during any of these events. Plus infrastructure - water and where do da poop go?
They mention a fish sanctuary...we've all seen whats happened to Negril's marine sanctuaries - first Blood Bay and the RIUs...then Little Bloody Bay. The common thread with both of those sanctuaries were the rules - no fishing and no motorized water vehicles. At Booby Cay right now there are both - motorized vehciles go in and out of there all the time and nuff Lobster is fished from around there as well.
So, the closest untouched beach you can still go to would be Rhodes Hall (which IMO doesn't really have much of a beach) and my fave, Half Moon Beach.