Tennessee Reef Special Use Area/Conservation Preservation ......Long Key Tennessee Reef SPA/CA...
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Middle Keys Region Tennessee Reef Special Use Area/Conservation Area or Long Key Tennessee Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area/Conservation Area Alternative 3 - preferred approx. 9.6 sq mi SPA + 454 ac (.7 sq mi) CA Sanctuary Preservation Area Idle Speed No Anchor Transit Only Alternative 1 - status quo approx. 118 ac (.2 sq mi) Transit Only Alternative 2 approx. 454 ac (.7 sq mi) Transit Only Idle Speed No Anchor Alternative 4 approx. 9.6 sq mi Transit Only Long Key Tennessee Reef SPA/CA protects large, contiguous, interconnected seagrass, shallow hardbottom, aggregate patch reef, and deep, drowned spur-and-groove reef habitats, and provides a corridor for migration of different life stages of fishes from Florida Bay into the Middle Keys. Supports unique deep water, slow growing corals and sponges and remnant populations of ESA-listed staghorn corals. Builds on an existing Tennessee Reef SUA and encompasses an important site for resilience, research, and coral restoration. This area is proposed to meet the advisory council goal to protect large, contiguous, diverse, and interconnected habitats, including for fish moving inshore to offshore through their life cycle. Tennessee Reef SUA/CA protects a deep, drowned spur-and-groove reef with unique deep-water, slow growing corals and sponges. Historically supported large assemblages of ESA-listed staghorn coral and is currently a target for coral restoration as well as an important research site to evaluate changing environmental conditions and impacts of Florida Bay water masses. 0 2 4 1 Miles This map contains proposed marine zone alternatives for public comment. Proposed marine zone alternatives do not reflect agency decision at this time. For more details about the proposed alternatives and zone descriptions, including associated regulations, see Section 3.3 and 3.4 of this DEIS.
Transcript of Tennessee Reef Special Use Area/Conservation Preservation ......Long Key Tennessee Reef SPA/CA...
Middle Keys Region
Tennessee Reef Special Use Area/ConservationArea or Long Key Tennessee Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area/Conservation Area
Alternative 3 - preferredapprox. 9.6 sq mi SPA +454 ac (.7 sq mi) CA
Sanctuary Preservation Area
Idle Speed
No Anchor
Transit Only
Alternative 1 - status quoapprox. 118 ac (.2 sq mi)
Transit Only
Alternative 2approx. 454 ac (.7 sq mi)
Transit Only
Idle Speed
No Anchor
Alternative 4approx. 9.6 sq mi
Transit Only
Long Key Tennessee Reef SPA/CA protects large, contiguous, interconnected seagrass, shallow hardbottom, aggregate patch reef, and deep, drowned spur-and-groove reef habitats, and provides a corridor for migration of different life stages of fishes from Florida Bay into the Middle Keys. Supports unique deep water, slow growing corals and sponges and remnant populations of ESA-listed staghorn corals. Builds on an existing Tennessee Reef SUA and encompasses an important site for resilience, research, and coral restoration. This area is proposed to meet the advisory council goal to protect large, contiguous, diverse, and interconnected habitats, including for fish moving inshore to offshore through their life cycle.
Tennessee Reef SUA/CA protects a deep, drowned spur-and-groove reef with unique deep-water, slow growing corals and sponges. Historically supported large assemblages of ESA-listed staghorn coral and is currently a target for coral restoration as well as an important research site to evaluate changing environmental conditions and impacts of Florida Bay water masses.
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This map contains proposed marine zone alternatives for public comment. Proposed marine zonealternatives do not reflect agency decision at this time.For more details about the proposed alternatives and zone descriptions, including associated regulations,see Section 3.3 and 3.4 of this DEIS.
