the Federal Communications Commission does not actually grant this callsign). The Fish & Wildlife Service currently restricts such operations. The first approved DXpedition in fifteen years was allowed on the island between February 12 and 26, 2009, making 115,787 contacts. Attempts to allow public access to Desecheo and the island of Navassa, which is located between Haiti and Jamaica, were made in the U.S. Congress, but the bill failed to reach the floor of the House of Representatives prior to the end of the 109th Congress, rendering the proposal dead. See also Geography of Puerto Rico Islands of Puerto Rico References Citations Other information Desecheo Island: Block 1023, Block Group 1, Census Tract 815.12, Mayagüez Municipio, United States Census Bureau External links Desecheo Island National Wildlife Refuge website Island Conservation website Uninhabited islands of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Tourist attractions in Puerto Rico Island restoration