so , instead of release the holding tanks in the middle of a channel off shore...which basically gets eaten by fish and other sea life.... we have to hold it in our tanks and get pumped out (maybe twice a charter).. where it then gets dumped into a bay somewhere anyway...makes no sense to me.

I agree with needing to pump out waste in inner lakes and streams and close to the coast but the currents in the BVIs are pretty strong and the ocean is basically the world's toilet anyway! Moorings in the BVI told us to keep the Y-value closed in harbour and at anchors and to release when in the middle of the channel. Seemed to work pretty good. Also only biological waste no toilet paper...