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I-Beam Research Only Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPAs) Wildlife Management Area Existing Management Area Ecological Reserve SANCTUARY AREAS 18” Mooring Buoy 30” Yellow Sanctuary Buoy 3 - 5ft. Spar Buoy Shallow Rubble Shallow Very Shallow Sea Grass Coral Island Sanctuary Preservation Area Coffin’s Patch
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I-Beam
ResearchOnly
SanctuaryPreservation Area(SPAs)
WildlifeManagement Area
ExistingManagement Area
EcologicalReserve
SANCTUARY AREAS
18” MooringBuoy
30” YellowSanctuaryBuoy
3 - 5ft.Spar Buoy
ShallowRubble
Shallow
Very Shallow
Sea Grass
Coral
Island
Sanctuary Preservation AreaCoffin’s Patch
A Boating and Angling Guide to the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionFish and Wildlife Research Institute
100 8th Avenue SESt. Petersburg, Florida 33701
(727) 896-8626http://research.MyFWC.com
Mote Marine Laboratory - Tropical Research Laboratory
24244 Overseas HighwaySummerland Key, Florida 33042
305-745-2729http://isurus.mote.org/Keys
This project was funded in part by a grant awarded from Mote Marine Laboratory's Protect Our Reefs Grants Program, which is funded by proceeds from the sale of the Protect Our Reefs specialty license plate. Learn more at www.mote.org/4reef.
Coffins Patch Sanctuary Preservation Area
• Moving,removing,taking,injuring,touching,breaking,cuttingorpossessingcoralorliverock.
• Dischargingordepositingtreatedoruntreatedsewagefrommarinesanitationdevices,trashandothermaterials
• Dredging,drilling,propdredgingorotherwisealteringtheseabed,orplacingorabandoninganystructureontheseabed.
• Operatingavesselinsuchamannerastostrikeorotherwiseinjurecoral,seagrass,orotherimmobileorganismsattachedtotheseabed,orcausepropscarring.
• Havingavesselanchoredonlivingcoralinwaterlessthan40feetdeepwhenthebottomcanbeseen.Anchoringonhardbottomisallowed.
• Exceptinofficiallymarkedchannels,operatingavesselatmorethan4knots/nowakewithin100yardsofresidentialshorelines,stationaryvessels,ornavigationalaidsmarkingreefs.
• Operatingavesselatmorethan4knots/nowakewithin100yardsofa“diversdown”flag.
• Divingorsnorkelingwithoutadiveflag.• Operatingavesselinsuchamannerwhichendangers
life,limb,marineresources,orproperty.• Releasingexoticspecies.• Damagingorremovingmarkers,mooringbuoys,
scientificequipment,boundarybuoys,andtrapbuoys.• Moving,removing,injuring,orpossessinghistorical
resources.• Takingorpossessingprotectedwildlife.• Usingorpossessingexplosivesorelectricalcharges.• Harvesting,possessingorlandinganymarinelife
speciesexceptasallowedbytheFloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommissionRule(68B-42F.A.C.).
• Discharginganymatterexceptcoolingwaterorengineexhaust.
• Fishingbyanymeans;removing,harvesting,orpossessinganymarinelife.
• Touchingorstandingonlivingordeadcoral.
• Anchoringonlivingordeadcoral,oranyattachedorganism.
• Anchoringwhenamooringbuoyisavailable.• BaitfishingisallowedinSPAsbyFKNMSpermit.
With certain exceptions, the following activities areprohibited Sanctuary-Wide:
With certain exceptions, the following activities areprohibited in the Coffins Patch Sanctuary Preservation Area:
