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Changes to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Technical Corrections and Minor Substantive Changes

mpa-designation · Published 2009-07-31 · Effective 2009-08-31 · 74 FR 38092

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Document number
E9-17825
Federal Register citation
74 FR 38092
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
mpa-designation
Publication date
2009-07-31
Effective date
2009-08-31
NOAA docket
Docket No. 0810241396-91118-02

Abstract

NOAA publishes this final rule for certain regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This final rule makes technical corrections and modifications to several areas in the regulations. As part of these modifications, NOAA: amends the definition of coral to specifically include the common sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina and Venus sea fan, Gorgonia flabellum, which are both important sanctuary resources and are currently managed under the category "live rock"; specifies that "touching" coral is an injury and therefore, a prohibited activity in the FKNMS; amends the minimum distance between vessels and "divers down" flags to be 100 yards instead of 100 feet; clarifies that the prohibitions listed for Sanctuary Preservation Areas and Ecological Reserves also apply in Research-only Areas; and corrects several citations that were currently out of date.

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