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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 ...
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 ...
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Pacific: 1,286 sq mi (3,331 km 2) May 24, 1989 [10] Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico: 3,840 sq mi (9,946 km 2) November 16, 1990 [13] [14] Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Gulf of Mexico: 160 sq mi (414 km 2) January 17, 1992 [10] Gray's Reef National Marine ...
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary “protects 3,800 square miles of waters” around the Keys, including the continent’s only coral barrier reef, NOAA says.
The park abuts the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on the east and south sides of the park and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park to the south. [5] Only 9,075 acres (3,673 ha) of the park's area are on land, with the offshore keys comprising 4,250 acres (1,720 ha) and mainland mangrove swamps account for the remaining 4,825 acres ...
The Marquesas Keys form an uninhabited island group about 20 miles (32 km) west of Key West, four miles (6 km) in diameter, and largely covered by mangrove forest. They are an unincorporated area of Monroe County, Florida and belong to the Lower Keys Census County Division. [1] They are protected as part of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge ...
Sand Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the southwest of Key West within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge and Hawk Channel. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The Sand Key Light was built on the key. The reef lies to the south of the light.
Apr. 14—In a letter to the U.S. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in September, American Samoa's Gov. Lemanu Mauga wrote that "fishing prohibitions not only weaken U.S. fisheries but also ...