MaRCH,2012

The National System of Marine Protected Areas

St. Croix East End MPIsla de Mona NR

Arrecifes de la Cordillera NR

Isla de Desecheo MRTres Palmas de Rincón MR

Canal Luis Peña NR

Jobos Bay NERRSt. Thomas East End Reserves

Buck Island Reef NM

Virgin Islands Coral Reef NMVirgin Islands NP

Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Pres.

SMI, SRI, and SCI ASBSSNI and Begg Rock ASBS

Dry Tortugas NP

Vandenberg SMR

Channel Islands NMSChannel Islands NP

J.N. Ding Darling NWR

Pine Island NWRMatlacha Pass NWR

Point Buchon SMCAMorro Bay SMRMA

Morro Bay SMR

Chassahowitzka NWR

Island Bay NWRPinellas NWR

Florida Keys NMSKey West NWR

Great White Heron NWRNational Key Deer Refuge

Piedras Blancas SMCACambria SMCA

Point Buchon SMRWhite Rock SMCA

Lower Suwannee NWR

Crystal River NWRCedar Keys NWR

Everglades NP

Rookery Bay NERRBiscayne NP

Crocodile Lake NWR

Salmon Creek Coast ASBS

Big Creek SMR

Piedras Blancas SMR

Big Creek SMCA

St. Marks NWRSt. Vincent NWR

Ten Thousand Islands NWR

Merritt Island NWRPelican Island NWR

Julia Pfeiffer Burns ASBS

Point Sur SMRPoint Sur SMCA

San Clemente Island ASBSCumberland Island NS

Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR

Wolf Island NWR

Canaveral NS

Point Lobos SMCAPoint Lobos SMR

Carmel Bay ASBSPoint Lobos ASBS

SBI and AI ASBS

San Diego Bay NWRCabrillo NM Flower Garden

Banks NMS

Aransas NWR

Blackbeard Island NWR

Harris Neck NWRGray's Reef NMS

Carmel Pinnacles SMRMonterey Bay NMS

Carmel Bay SMCA W SCI ASBSFarnsworth Bank ASBS

La Jolla ASBSSan Diego-Scripps ASBS San Bernard NWR

Brazoria NWRAnahuac NWR

Big Boggy NWR

Jean Lafitte NHP andPres., Barataria Pres.

Delta NWR

Shell Keys NWR

Wassaw NWR

Pinckney Island NWR

Fort Pulaski NMTybee NWR

Cape Lookout NSGreyhound Rock SMCAAño Nuevo ASBS

Año Nuevo SMCAFarallon NWR

NW SCI ASBSSE SCI ASBS

Irvine Coast ASBSSabine NWR

Big Branch Marsh NWRBreton NWRGrand Bay NWR

Bon Secour NWR

Cooper River Heritage Dive TrailAshley River Heritage Canoe TrailACE Basin NWR

Swanquarter NWRNOAA's Monitor NMS

Cedar Island NWR

Southeast Farallon Island SMCASoutheast Farallon Island SMR

Southeast Farallon SC (B) Laguna Point to Latigo Point ASBSLovers Point SMR

Robert E. Badham ASBSHeisler Park ASBS Cape Romain NWR

Waccamaw NWR

Currituck NWR

Cape Hatteras NS

Pea Island NWRAlligator River NWR

North Farallon Islands SMR

Farallon Island ASBSNorth Farallon Islands SC

Southeast Farallon SC (A)

Asilomar SMRPacific Grove ASBS

Edward F. Ricketts SMCA

Eastern Shore of Virginia NWRFalse Cape State ParkBack Bay NWR

Mackay Island NWR

Point Reyes Headlands SC

Double Point ASBSGulf of the Farallones NMS

Point Reyes SMCA Soquel Canyon SMCAPortugese Ledge SMCAPacific Grove MG SMCA

Elkhorn Slough SMCA Savage Neck Dunes NAP

Kiptopeke State ParkFisherman Island NWR

Plum Tree Island NWRChincoteague NWRWallops Island NWRAssateague Island NS

Norfolk Canyon GRA

Point Reyes Headlands ASBSPoint Reyes SMR

Point Reyes NS

Elkhorn Slough SMR

Natural Bridges SMRMoro Cojo Slough SMR

Blue Crab Sanct.

Hughlett Point NAPBethel Beach NAP Cape May NWR

Prime Hook NWR

Bodega Head SMCABodega ASBS

Bird Rock ASBSCordell Bank NMS

Montara SMRPillar Point SMCA

James V. Fitzgerald ASBSDon Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR

U-1105 Black Panther Hist. Shipwreck Pres.

Dameron Marsh NAP

Blackwater NWR

Martin NWRVeatch Canyon GRAOceanographer Canyon GRALydonia Canyon GRA

Estero Americano SMRMAEstero de San Antonio SMRMA

Stewarts Point SMR

Bodega Head SMR

Salt Point SMCA

Russian River SMCA

Stewarts Point SMCA

Russian River SMR

Del Mar Landing SMRDel Mar Landing ASBS

Gerstle Cove ASBSGerstle Cove SMR

Drakes Estero SMCA

Duxbury Reef ASBS

Estero de Limantour SMR

Duxbury SMCA

Egg Rock (Devils Slide) SC

Double Point/Stormy Stack SCPoint Resistance SCSan Pablo Bay NWR

Golden Gate NRA

Marin Islands NWR

Eastern Neck NWROccoquan Bay NWR

Featherstone NWR Kershaw ESPemberton ES

Port Hunter ES

Alice M. Lawrence ES

King Range ASBS

Saunders Reef SMCA

Point Arena SMCAPoint Arena SMR

Saunders Reef ASBS

Jughandle Cove ASBS

Sea Lion Cove SMCA

Jacques Cousteau NERREdwin B. Forsythe NWR

Bombay Hook NWR

Supawna Meadows NWRSusquehanna NWR Van Gilder ES

Lackawana ESBarge and Crane ES

Redwood NP ASBSTrinidad Head ASBS

H.M.C.S. Saint Clair ESVineyard Snd. Lightship ES

Gateway NRAFire Island NS

Oyster Bay NWR

Wertheim NWR

John H. Chafee NWR

Target Rock NWR

Nomans Land Island NWR

Ninigret NWR

Seatuck NWR

Stewart B. McKinney NWRBlock Island NWR

Sachuest Point NWR

Conscience Point NWR

Trojan ES

Corvan ES

Ardandau ES

Seaconnet ES

U.S.S. YSD ES

John Dwight ESU.S.S. Triana ES

Hilda Garston ES

Herman Winter ES

Lunet ES

Pendleton ES

Pottstown ES

Dixie Sword ES

Monomoy NWR

Indiana Dunes NL

U.S.S. Yankee ES

Waquoit Bay NERRMashpee NWR

Mars ES

Kiowa ES

Pinthis ES

Herbert ES

Chelsea ES

Romance ES

California ESEdwin Rich ES

U.S.S. Grouse ES

Albert Gallatin ES

Henry Endicott ES

City of Salisbury ES

Alice M. Colburn ES

Charles S. Haight ES

Chester A. Poling ES

James S. Longstreet ES

U.S.S. New Hampshire ES

Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank NMS

Cape Cod NS

Parker River NWR

Bandon Marsh NWR

Nisqually Reach ARNisqually NWR

Thunder Bay NMS and Underwater Pres.Sleeping Bear Dunes NL

Pictured Rocks NLHuron NWR

Rachel Carson NWR

Great Bay NWRPond Island NWR

Siletz Bay NWRNestucca Bay NWR

Sund Rock Cons. AreaMaury Island AR

South Puget Snd. WA Isle Royale NP

Cross Island NWR

Lewis and Clark NWRWillapa NWR

Grays Harbor NWR

Blake Island Underwater ParkOrchard Rocks Cons. Area

Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanct. Cons. AreaZella M. Schultz/Protection Island Seabird Sanct.

False Bay SJI Marine Pres.

Shaw Island SJI Marine Pres.

Argyle Lagoon SJI Marine Pres.

Olympic Coast NMSOlympic NP

San Juan County/Cypress Island MBP

Smith & Minor Island AR

Protection Island AR

Haro Strait SMFACypress Island AR

San Juan Channel and Upright Channel SMFA

Fidalgo Bay ARDeception Pass Underwater Park

Friday Harbor SJI Marine Pres.

Admiralty Head Marine Pres.

Ebey's Landing NHR

Dungeness NWRProtection Island NWR

Yellow and Low Islands SJI Marine Pres.

San Juan Island NHP

Cherry Point AR

West Hawaii Regional FMA

Ahihi-Kinau NA Reserve

Kealakekua Bay MLCD

Vatia VMPA

Pupukea MLCD

Aua VMPA

Poloa VMPAFagamalo VMPAAmanave VMPA

Alofau VMPA

Molokini Shoal MLCD

Amaua & Auto VMPAMasausi VMPA

Matu'u & Faganeanea VMPA

Sa'ilele VMPA

Papahanaumokuakea MNM

Midway Atoll NWR

Palmyra Atoll NWR

Johnston Island NWR

Jarvis Island NWRBaker Island NWR

Howland Island NWR

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS

Kingman Reef NWR

Kaho'olawe Island Reserve

Rose Atoll NWR

Guam NWR

Kalaupapa NHP

NP of American Samoa

Kaloko-Honokohau NHP

Fagatele Bay NMS

Hanauma Bay MLCDPacific Island Region

Yukon Delta NWR

AK Maritime NWR Glacier Bay NP & Pres.

Arctic NWRAlaska Region

* State & Territorial labeled in yellow

Level of GovernmentFederal

Partnership

Coastal States

State & Territorial*

National System MPAs

Abbreviations: National Marine Sanctuary (NMS), National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), National Seashore (NS), National Park (NP), National Lakeshore (NL), National Historic Park (NHP), National Monument (NM), Gear Restricted Area (GRA), Special Management Fishery Area (SMFA), Aquatic Reserve (AR), Natural Reserve (NR), Natural Area Preserve (NAP), Conservation Area (CA), State Marine Reserve (SMR), State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA), State Marine Recreational Management Area (SMRMA), Special Closure (SC), Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), Village Marine Protected Area (VMPA), Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD), Fishery Management Area (FMA), Exempt Site (ES).