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The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (formerly the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary [1]) is a federally-designated underwater area protected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. This sanctuary is the largest and most remote in the National Marine Sanctuary system ...
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, designated on December 28, 1990, [2] was the ninth national marine sanctuary to be established. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects approximately 2,900 square nautical miles (9,947 km 2; 3,840 sq mi) of coastal and ocean waters from the estuarine waters of South Florida along the ...
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa: Pacific: 13,581 sq mi (35,175 km 2) April 29, 1986 [10] Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: Pacific: 1,470 sq mi (3,807 km 2) October 2, 1980 [10] Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: Pacific: 4,543 sq mi (11,766 km 2) October 11, 2024 [11] [12] Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary ...
The Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary was a National Marine Sanctuary in the waters in the Florida Keys in Florida in the United States that existed from 1975 to 1990. It was the second national marine sanctuary, and it protected the portion of a barrier reef beyond Florida state waters in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park . [ 1 ]
The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary was a National Marine Sanctuary in the waters in the Florida Keys in Florida in the United States that existed from 1981 to 1990. [1] It protected Looe Key, a coral reef south of Big Pine Key. In 1990, it was subsumed by the new Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which included its waters.
Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center: Key West: Monroe: South: Native plants and animals of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, both on land and underwater Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center: Tavernier: Monroe: South: website, wild bird rehabilitation center, boardwalk trail past aviaries of rescued but unreleasable birds
The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary will protect 4,543-square-miles of the Pacific Ocean from just south of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County to Naples ...
Looe Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the south of Big Pine Key. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). Part of Looe Key is designated as "Research Only," an area which protects some of the patch reefs landward of the main reef.