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SanctuaryPreservation Area(SPAs)WildlifeManagement Area

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SANCTUARY AREAS

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30” YellowSanctuaryBuoy

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Sanctuary Preservation AreaMolasses Reef

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.

Molasses Reef 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 are prohibited in theMolasses Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area:

• Removing,taking,spearing,orotherwisedamaginganycoral,marineinvertebrate,plant,soil,rock,orothermaterial.However,commercialtakingofspinylobsterandstonecrabbytrapandrecreationaltakingofspinylobsterbyhandorhandgearconsistentwithapplicableStateandFederalfisheryregulationsareallowed.

• Spearfishing.• Possessionofspearfishingequipment,exceptwhile

passingthroughwithoutinterruption.

The following activities are prohibited inKey Largo Existing Management Area