[3] The new service began operations with seven impounded Eduardoño fast craft and 50 men drawn from the disbanded Belize Defence Force Maritime Wing.

[5] Coast Guard men and women are deployed around the clock patrolling the internal waters and territorial seas.

On their southern boundary they stand guard at the Sarstoon river ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity of Belize.

[6] The Belize Coast Guard mission includes:[4] Like other naval forces in the region, the BCG mostly confronts crime at sea.

The BCG also works to prevent illegal fishing and other illicit activity affecting the Belizean maritime ecosystem, supporting the Belize.

A platoon-sized force, CSOG was formed in 2013 to respond to the degrading security situation in the north of the island of Ambergris Caye.

By 2014 CSOG was deploying in the field, gathering intelligence and carrying out offensive operations that led to a gradual drop in crime in northern Ambergris Caye.

[8] On Friday, November 29, 2013, the Belize Coast Guard (as part of their 8th anniversary celebrations) inaugurated its northern Forward Operating Base on Ambergris Caye and also held the graduation ceremony of its fourth intake.

The new outlook post in the Bacalar Chico area, a mile and a half away from the Mexican border, will not only serve to patrol the northern coast of the island, but also deter any sort of criminal activities that threaten the safety and economic progress of Ambergris Caye Hunting Caye is located at the southern apex of the Belize and northern Honduras/Guatemala maritime border and it provides that forward deployment from where they can project sea power in encountering transnational organized crime.

Maritime law enforcement agency will procure a pair of patrol boats through a loan from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.

The CABEI loan, as it is called, will allow the Ministry of National Security to upgrade a number of facilities and acquire other assets across all branches of law enforcement.

The Sea Axe Class vessels are considerably larger than the Boston Whalers currently in use by the coast guard and will allow for wider coverage of Belizean waters.