National Marine Protected Areas Center: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Slide Show

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Slide Show

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Slide Show Narrative: The Florida Keys are home to the most extensive living coral reef in the United States. For centuries, the beauty and climate of this region have attracted explorers, settlers, and tourists. However, with this steady stream of people came damage to the region’s reefs, seagrass beds, water quality and fisheries. A groundswell of public sentiment to protect the Keys culminated in 1990, when Congress designated 2800 square nautical miles of offshore waters as a national marine sanctuary. Marine zoning and permanent mooring buoys are some of the management practices at work in the Keys, to restore, protect, and preserve the area’s fragile ecosystems and diverse aquatic life.

Photo Credits:
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Paige Gill
Laurel Canty-Erlich
Joseph Feingold
Jim Raymont
Harold Hudson
Mike White

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Error processing SSI file	Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Slide Show > About MPAs > MPA Case Studies > Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary > Slide Show Quicktime, Broadband, 1.7 Mb Quicktime, 56 Kb modem, 984 kb Windows Media, Broadband, 2.6 Mb Windows Media, 56 Kb modem, 1.0 Mb RealPlayer, Broadband, 1.8 Mb RealPlayer, 56 Kb modem, 1.1 Mb Slide Show Narrative: The Florida Keys are home to the most extensive living coral reef in the United States. For centuries, the beauty and climate of this region have attracted explorers, settlers, and tourists. However, with this steady stream of people came damage to the region’s reefs, seagrass beds, water quality and fisheries. A groundswell of public sentiment to protect the Keys culminated in 1990, when Congress designated 2800 square nautical miles of offshore waters as a national marine sanctuary. Marine zoning and permanent mooring buoys are some of the management practices at work in the Keys, to restore, protect, and preserve the area’s fragile ecosystems and diverse aquatic life. Photo Credits: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Paige Gill Laurel Canty-Erlich Joseph Feingold Jim Raymont Harold Hudson Mike White Click here to download Quicktime. Click here to download Windows Media Player. Click here to download RealPlayer. (top)