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The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a national marine sanctuary [2] administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce; NOAA co-manages the sanctuary jointly with the State of Wisconsin. It is located in Lake Michigan along the coast of Wisconsin.
A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a federally designated area within United States waters that protects areas of the marine environment with special conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, cultural, archeological, scientific, educational, or aesthetic qualities. [3]
The Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a National Marine Sanctuary in the United States located in the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland. [2] It is best known for the "Ghost Fleet," 118 historic shipwrecks in Mallows Bay in the sanctuary's northeast corner which is the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western ...
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a sanctuary off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in Southern California 350 miles (563 km) south of San Francisco and 95 miles (153 km) north of Los Angeles. It was designated on October 2, 1980, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was expanded in 2007. [2]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in charge of the research on the changes of the marine environment that are caused by humans. [9] The U.S. Coast Guard is in charge of the surveillance of ocean dumping. [9] The NOAA National Marine Sanctuary program manages a network of underwater areas that are protected by the US.
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 Florida Keys archipelago and the Hawk Channel passage, encompassing more than 1,700 islands, out to the Dry Tortugas National Park, reaching into ...
The estuary won’t be included in the marine sanctuary boundaries, as it’s already protected by the nonprofit Morro Bay National Estuary Program. Los Osos crowds up against the Morro Bay ...
The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a National Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on the Central Coast of California. It was designated on October 11, 2024, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).