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MaRCH,2012 The National System of Marine Protected Areas St. Croix East End MP Isla de Mona NR Arrecifes de la Cordillera NR Isla de Desecheo MR Tres Palmas de Rincón MR Canal Luis Peña NR Jobos Bay NERR St. Thomas East End Reserves Buck Island Reef NM Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM Virgin Islands NP Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Pres. SMI, SRI, and SCI ASBS SNI and Begg Rock ASBS Dry Tortugas NP Vandenberg SMR Channel Islands NMS Channel Islands NP J.N. Ding Darling NWR Pine Island NWR Matlacha Pass NWR Point Buchon SMCA Morro Bay SMRMA Morro Bay SMR Chassahowitzka NWR Island Bay NWR Pinellas NWR Florida Keys NMS Key West NWR Great White Heron NWR National Key Deer Refuge Piedras Blancas SMCA Cambria SMCA Point Buchon SMR White Rock SMCA Lower Suwannee NWR Crystal River NWR Cedar Keys NWR Everglades NP Rookery Bay NERR Biscayne NP Crocodile Lake NWR Salmon Creek Coast ASBS Big Creek SMR Piedras Blancas SMR Big Creek SMCA St. Marks NWR St. Vincent NWR Ten Thousand Islands NWR Merritt Island NWR Pelican Island NWR Julia Pfeiffer Burns ASBS Point Sur SMR Point Sur SMCA San Clemente Island ASBS Cumberland Island NS Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Wolf Island NWR Canaveral NS Point Lobos SMCA Point Lobos SMR Carmel Bay ASBS Point Lobos ASBS SBI and AI ASBS San Diego Bay NWR Cabrillo NM Flower Garden Banks NMS Aransas NWR Blackbeard Island NWR Harris Neck NWR Gray's Reef NMS Carmel Pinnacles SMR Monterey Bay NMS Carmel Bay SMCA W SCI ASBS Farnsworth Bank ASBS La Jolla ASBS San Diego-Scripps ASBS San Bernard NWR Brazoria NWR Anahuac NWR Big Boggy NWR Jean Lafitte NHP and Pres., Barataria Pres. Delta NWR Shell Keys NWR Wassaw NWR Pinckney Island NWR Fort Pulaski NM Tybee NWR Cape Lookout NS Greyhound Rock SMCA Año Nuevo ASBS Año Nuevo SMCA Farallon NWR NW SCI ASBS SE SCI ASBS Irvine Coast ASBS Sabine NWR Big Branch Marsh NWR Breton NWR Grand Bay NWR Bon Secour NWR Cooper River Heritage Dive Trail Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail ACE Basin NWR Swanquarter NWR NOAA's Monitor NMS Cedar Island NWR Southeast Farallon Island SMCA Southeast Farallon Island SMR Southeast Farallon SC (B) Laguna Point to Latigo Point ASBS Lovers Point SMR Robert E. Badham ASBS Heisler Park ASBS Cape Romain NWR Waccamaw NWR Currituck NWR Cape Hatteras NS Pea Island NWR Alligator River NWR North Farallon Islands SMR Farallon Island ASBS North Farallon Islands SC Southeast Farallon SC (A) Asilomar SMR Pacific Grove ASBS Edward F. Ricketts SMCA Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR False Cape State Park Back Bay NWR Mackay Island NWR Point Reyes Headlands SC Double Point ASBS Gulf of the Farallones NMS Point Reyes SMCA Soquel Canyon SMCA Portugese Ledge SMCA Pacific Grove MG SMCA Elkhorn Slough SMCA Savage Neck Dunes NAP Kiptopeke State Park Fisherman Island NWR Plum Tree Island NWR Chincoteague NWR Wallops Island NWR Assateague Island NS Norfolk Canyon GRA Point Reyes Headlands ASBS Point Reyes SMR Point Reyes NS Elkhorn Slough SMR Natural Bridges SMR Moro Cojo Slough SMR Blue Crab Sanct. Hughlett Point NAP Bethel Beach NAP Cape May NWR Prime Hook NWR Bodega Head SMCA Bodega ASBS Bird Rock ASBS Cordell Bank NMS Montara SMR Pillar Point SMCA James V. Fitzgerald ASBS Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR U-1105 Black Panther Hist. Shipwreck Pres. Dameron Marsh NAP Blackwater NWR Martin NWR Veatch Canyon GRA Oceanographer Canyon GRA Lydonia Canyon GRA Estero Americano SMRMA Estero 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 SMR Del Mar Landing ASBS Gerstle Cove ASBS Gerstle Cove SMR Drakes Estero SMCA Duxbury Reef ASBS Estero de Limantour SMR Duxbury SMCA Egg Rock (Devils Slide) SC Double Point/Stormy Stack SC Point Resistance SC San Pablo Bay NWR Golden Gate NRA Marin Islands NWR Eastern Neck NWR Occoquan Bay NWR Featherstone NWR Kershaw ES Pemberton ES Port Hunter ES Alice M. Lawrence ES King Range ASBS Saunders Reef SMCA Point Arena SMCA Point Arena SMR Saunders Reef ASBS Jughandle Cove ASBS Sea Lion Cove SMCA Jacques Cousteau NERR Edwin B. Forsythe NWR Bombay Hook NWR Supawna Meadows NWR Susquehanna NWR Van Gilder ES Lackawana ES Barge and Crane ES Redwood NP ASBS Trinidad Head ASBS H.M.C.S. Saint Clair ES Vineyard Snd. Lightship ES Gateway NRA Fire 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 NWR Block Island NWR Sachuest Point NWR Conscience Point NWR Trojan ES Corvan ES Ardandau ES Seaconnet ES U.S.S. YSD ES John Dwight ES U.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 NERR Mashpee NWR Mars ES Kiowa ES Pinthis ES Herbert ES Chelsea ES Romance ES California ES Edwin 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 AR Nisqually NWR Thunder Bay NMS and Underwater Pres. Sleeping Bear Dunes NL Pictured Rocks NL Huron NWR Rachel Carson NWR Great Bay NWR Pond Island NWR Siletz Bay NWR Nestucca Bay NWR Sund Rock Cons. Area Maury Island AR South Puget Snd. WA Isle Royale NP Cross Island NWR Lewis and Clark NWR Willapa NWR Grays Harbor NWR Blake Island Underwater Park Orchard Rocks Cons. Area Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanct. Cons. Area Zella M. Schultz/Protection Island Seabird Sanct. False Bay SJI Marine Pres. Shaw Island SJI Marine Pres. Argyle Lagoon SJI Marine Pres. Olympic Coast NMS Olympic NP San Juan County/Cypress Island MBP Smith & Minor Island AR Protection Island AR Haro Strait SMFA Cypress Island AR San Juan Channel and Upright Channel SMFA Fidalgo Bay AR Deception Pass Underwater Park Friday Harbor SJI Marine Pres. Admiralty Head Marine Pres. Ebey's Landing NHR Dungeness NWR Protection 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 VMPA Fagamalo VMPA Amanave VMPA Alofau VMPA Molokini Shoal MLCD Amaua & Auto VMPA Masausi VMPA Matu'u & Faganeanea VMPA Sa'ilele VMPA Papahanaumokuakea MNM Midway Atoll NWR Palmyra Atoll NWR Johnston Island NWR Jarvis Island NWR Baker 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 MLCD Pacific Island Region Yukon Delta NWR AK Maritime NWR Glacier Bay NP & Pres. Arctic NWR Alaska Region * State & Territorial labeled in yellow Level of Government Federal 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).
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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).
