Florida Keys Revised Managment Plan

Sounding Line Newsletter: Sounding Line is published periodically and serves to update the public about sanctuary issues, programs, products, management, and research.

Florida Keys Environmental Education Resource Directory: From summer camps to books, the Resource Directory lists details about organizations and their products. Find out about parks, education programs, and more with this comprehensive listing that offers information and resources on environmental education in or about the Florida Keys.

Florida Keys Safe Boating Tips Decal: Educating boaters about navigating the unique waters of the Florida Keys is an ongoing challenge. This sticker was designed as a handy onboard reminder about the meaning of reef markers, channel markers, regulatory, and information markers. It also includes instructions for minimizing damage should the boat run aground. The sticker is part of a boater safety program developed for boat rental businesses.

• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Brochure: This comprehensive fold-out brochure offers maps and information about the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and other protected areas in the Florida Keys. It also includes a short history of geology and shipwrecks, describes the regions principal habitats, and lists regulated activities. The importance of the Everglades and the entire south Florida ecosystem to the health of the Keys’ coral reefs is highlighted, along with a look at cooperative efforts now underway by various agencies seeking a sustainable south Florida.
  
  Maps and information about Florida Keys reefs are included in these colorful brochures, with text in English and Spanish. Examples of navigational and regulatory markers are illustrated, and there is a list of public boat ramps and vessel pumpout facilities. The brochures also contain instructions on how to use a mooring buoy, tips for divers and snorkelers, advice for boaters and fishermen, and a summary of Sanctuary regulations. Upper and Lower Keys versions are available

• Lower Florida Keys Region Brochure
• Upper Florida Keys Region Brochure
  
  
• FKNMS Summary of Regulations
  
  
• 2008 Monroe County Recreational Lobster Regulations: Regulations for Recreational Harvest and Lobster Informaiton for Monroe County, Florida (Lobster Season 2008).
  
  
• Monroe County Spearfishing Brochure: Regulations for Recreational Spearfishing for Monroe County, Florida.
  
  
• Past, Present, Future Brochure: The Past, Present, Future Brochure is a comprehensive, full color, fold-out brochure that give an in-depth description of the keys geological history, the habitats that currently exist, and the goals for a sustainable future for the keys. The inside of the brochure is a full scale map which shows all the existing and proposed management areas as well as the water circulation patterns around South Florida.
  
  
• Keeping Your Bottom Off The Bottom: Keeping Your Bottom Off The Bottom is an informational brochure on navigational markers, how to "read" water color, and what to do if you run aground in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

• Teall's Guide, Key Largo to Conch Key
• Teall’s Guide, Marathon to Key West

These fold-out maps, based on NOAA nautical charts, include the locations of Sanctuary Preservation Areas and Ecological Reserves, National Wildlife Refuges, National and State Parks. A large insert page offers a Marine Zoning Guide and an overview of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, including instructions for using a mooring buoy, and details about lobster regulations. Upper and Lower Keys versions are available.

• Florida's Coral Reef Ecosystem Poster: Eight habitats of the Florida Keys ecosystem are highlighted in this two-sided, educational poster. Color illustrations detail communities from the tropical hardwood hammocks and mangroves to the seagrass flats and various reef formations. On the reverse, a species list is keyed to outlines of the same illustrations. Suitable for framing - and learning!
  
  
• The Fishes of the FKNMS Poster: The Fishes of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a full color poster developed for local educators and dive shops to use as a fish identification tool. Developed with the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) using images from Paul Humann’s "Reef Fish Identification" book this poster features ninety-five of the most common species found in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary including their relative abundance and where they are likely to be seen.

• "Grounding Response - A Progression in Resource Enforcement" is a video developed as part of a training program for marine law enforcement officers. This video highlights major habitats, problems caused by groundings and conveys the importance of officers responding to boat groundings as a means of protecting habitat.
  
  
• "Boat Groundings - Much More Than An Inconvenience" was modified from the above training video to reach the general boating public. This video conveys the value of all marine habitats, problems caused by vessel groundings and the importance of navigating responsibly in Keys waters.
  
  
• "Protecting Paradise - Florida Keys Safe Boating Tips" is an eight minute video developed for use by the local rental boat companies to educate their customers about the local waters, navigational markers, and how to boat safely in the Florida Keys.

Over one hundred half-hour television episodes of Waterways explore the natural treasures of south Florida. Filmed on location, each episode includes interviews with local environmental experts who explain the various projects currently underway to protect this unique ecosystem. Waterways is a cooperative effort between the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Environmental Protection Agency, and Everglades National Park.

Click here for an up-to-date list of Waterways episodes

You can catch Waterways on more than 30 channels in Florida. For information on channels and air times, click here.

If we're not on the air where you live, stay tuned as we add new channels throughout the state.

For more information, contact Karrie Carnes, Communication Specialist, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, (305) 292-0311, or email karrie.carnes@noaa.gov

• Florida Bay Dude!: Florida Bay Dude! is a boxed video and teacher's guide produced by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The video, featuring quick-edits and starring a Florida Keys high school student, explains the current ecological dilemma of Florida Bay (largely the result of human influences) and relates it to possible degradation of the Florida Keys reef tract. The teacher's guide stands alone as a useful reference material with information about south Florida ecosystems and provides lists of additional resources. These materials are no longer available.

• Seagrass Toolbox: Seagrass plays an essential role in maintaining the health of south Florida's aquatic ecosystems. This handy educational resource kit includes basic facts about the biology of seagrass, threats to its survival, and tips for safe boating around these underwater meadows. Fact sheets, press releases, reproducible images, a bibliography, and an eight minute video provide vital information for residents and visitors to the Florida Keys.

For more information on educational products produced by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, contact: