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prima:Coastal erosion and development: decades of impact transform the landscape in western Puerto Rico

The region—famous for its beaches—is facing new pressures on its natural resources. What do residents, organizations, and the government have to say? El Nuevo Día investigated

August 30, 2026 - 10:48 AM

This aerial view of the southern part of Buyé Beach in Cabo Rojo shows the advance of coastal erosion and houses built decades ago within the maritime-terrestrial zone (ZMT). (Jorge A. Ramírez Portela)

Sitting in the place where his grandparents’ shacks once stood, a fisherman recalls a Boquerón Bay teeming with sardines, oysters, and other shellfish. There, where from the age of 5 he would roll up his pants and cast a little line into the inlet, he still keeps his fishing boat, but trips out to sea no longer bring the same bounty as before.

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