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Designation:
Designation Type: National
Status: Designated
Governance Type: Federal
No Take: Not Reported
No Take Area km²: None
Reported Marine Area km²: 4092.914
fishing: Some Restrictions
fishing info: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary uses a strategy called “marine zoning” to protect special habitat types such as corals, to ...
access: Restricted
constancy: Year-round
permanence: Non-Permanent - Conditional
protection focus: Ecosystem
primary conservation focus: Unknown
secondary conservation focus: None
tertiary conservation focus: Unknown
Management Authority: National Marine Sanctuaries
Management Plan Type: Site-Specific Management Plan
Management Plan Reference: http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/mgmtplans/2007_man_plan.pdf
IUCN Category: None
International Criteria:
MPA id: 8695
Area Notes (from WDPA):
Area Notes:

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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

United States: NM

Site Description

Designated on November 16, 1990, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is one of 14 marine protected areas that make up the National Marine Sanctuary System. Administered by NOAA, a federal agency, and jointly managed with the State of Florida, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects 2,900 square nautical miles of waters surrounding the Florida Keys, from south of Miami westward to encompass the Dry Tortugas, excluding Dry Tortugas National Park. The shoreward boundary of the sanctuary is the mean high-water mark, essentially meaning that once you set foot in Keys waters, you have entered the sanctuary.

Within the boundaries of the sanctuary lie spectacular, unique, and nationally significant marine resources, from the world’s third largest barrier reef, extensive seagrass beds, mangrove-fringed islands, and more than 6,000 species of marine life. The sanctuary also protects pieces of our nation’s history such as shipwrecks and other archeological treasures.

Source: http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/about/welcome.html?s=about

Contacts & Resources

Florida Keys NMS Website

http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/

Data Sources

Original data record from US MPA Center.

Marine Conservation Institute and the Waitt Foundation provide this interactive tool to help users visualize the locations and coverage of global marine protected areas (MPA). This atlas provides information on over 8000 MPAs globally, drawing on datasets from the World Database on Protected Areas¹, US MPA Center², and other country- and regional-level data authorities, as well as research conducted by the Marine Conservation Institute.

In addition to MPA boundaries and site management information, this dataset contains information on conservation measures with a particular focus on those restricting the exploitation of marine life.

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Major Data Sources:
1: IUCN and UNEP. 2010. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). UNEP-WCMC. Cambridge, UK. www.protectedplanet.net
2: US MPA Center. 2012. Marine Protected Areas Inventory. http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/