“…Numbering no more than 300 in the early part of the 19th century (Camille, 1996b), the Garifuna are traditionally subsistence farmers and fishermen (Craig, 1966;Adams, 1985). Though initially pressured to work in the mahogany industry, the Garifuna spent off-seasons fishing and turtling (Camille, 1996b;Woods et al, 1997;Taylor, 2013); by 1823, Garifuna agriculture and fishing even supplied food to the main settlement in Belize City (Camille, 1996b;Woods et al, 1997). By the 1861 census, over 2,000 Garifuna had settled in Belize, with 80% living in coastal settlements in southern Belize (Camille, 1996b) and relying almost entirely on marine sources for meat, specifically fish and manatee (Conzemius, 1928;Craig, 1966).…”