Tortugas ER (long) - no diving in Tortugas South

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aue-mike

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The following announces the effective date by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve(s). Quickee overview: within Tortugas South (Riley's Hump area) no consumptive (fishing, lobstering, etc.) activities are allowed and no recreational diving is allowed. On Tortugas North (the northern half of Tortugas Bank), no consumptive activities are allowed. Fishing, lobstering, etc. is still permitted on the southern half of Tortugas Bank.

Cheers,
Mike

[Federal Register: March 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 57)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16120-16121]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr23mr01-9]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 922

[Docket No. 000510129-1004-02]
RIN 0648-A018


Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Announcement
of Effective Date

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Revised Designation Document
and the final regulations that were published in the Federal Register
on January 17, 2001, (66 FR 4267), for the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, became effective in Federal waters on March 8, 2001. The
Revised

[[Page 16121]]

Designation Document expands the boundary of the Sanctuary and the
regulations implement the expansion, establish and implement the
Tortugas Ecological Reserve, and make other revisions to the Sanctuary
regulations.

DATES: The final regulations published at 66 FR 4267 (January 17, 2001)
are effective March 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Billy Causey, (305) 743-2437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This document announces the effective date in Federal waters for
the Revised Designation Document expanding the boundary of the Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS or Sanctuary) and the final
regulations that implement the boundary expansion, establish and
implement the Tortugas Ecological Reserve, and that make certain
revisions to the Sanctuary regulations. The expansion of the Sanctuary
boundary encompasses an area of the State of Florida waters and Federal
waters at the far western end of the Florida Keys, and the submerged
lands thereunder. The Federal Register document publishing those
regulations also contained the Revised Designation Document and
summarized the final supplemental management plan for the Sanctuary.
The Revised Designation Document sets forth the geographical area
included within the Sanctuary, the characteristics of the area that
give it conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, research,
education, or esthetic value, and the type of activities subject to
regulation. The supplemental management plan details the goals and
objectives, management responsibilities, research activities,
interpretive and educational programs, and enforcement activities of
the area. As stated in the preamble to the final rule, the regulations
become effective after the close of a review period of 45 days of
continuous session of Congress beginning on the day on which the final
rule was published unless the Governor of the State of Florida
certifies to the Secretary of Commerce that the designation or any of
its terms is unacceptable, in which case the designation or any
unacceptable terms shall not take effect in State of Florida waters
unless and until approved by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund of the State of Florida. The Congressional review
period ended on March 7, 2001. On March 6, 2001, the Governor of the
State of Florida certified to the Secretary of Commerce that the
revised designation, the supplemental management plan, and the
regulations implementing the Tortugas Ecological Reserve were
unacceptable unless and until approved by the Board of Trustees. The
Governor further advised the Secretary that the State of Florida is
committed to the protection of the Tortugas area and its resources and
that it is expected that the Board of Trustees will consider the
proposed designation, ecological reserve, and the implementing
regulations within a reasonable time.
Accordingly, the designation of the Sanctuary and the regulations
implementing that designation became effective in Federal waters on
March 8, 2001. The regulations will not take effect in Florida State
waters until approved by the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund of the State of Florida. This Federal Register
document announces the effective date of the Revised Designation
Document and the final regulations as March 8, 2001.

 
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