Jobos Bay

Jobos Bay (Bahía de Jobos) is a protected bay located in the Puerto Rican municipalities of Guayama and Salinas. It is the second largest estuary of Puerto Rico, after the Bay of San Juan, and the largest bay along the southern coast of the island. Jobos Bay is protected as the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR) or Reserva Natural de Investigación Estuarina de Bahía de Jobos in Spanish, located within the Aguirre barrio of the municipality of Salinas. The southeastern sections of Bahía de Jobos are protected as part of the Aguirre State Forest in the Jobos barrio of the municipality of Guayama. The bay is an intertidal tropical ecosystem dominated by seagrass beds, coral reefs, and mangroves. In an area of 1,140 hectares (2, 800 acres), the reserve contains five distinct habitat types and provides sanctuary to several endangered species. Bahía de Jobos is one of 28 reserves that comprise the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The reserve is operated in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA).

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