that time, the State of Florida nominated the offshore waters for 

 Marine Sanctuary status to insure continued protection of the 

 resources. The Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary was designated 

 by NOAA in December, 1975, as prescribed in the Marine Protection, 

 Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. At the time, the existing State 

 regulations were adopted for the Federal waters seaward of the John 

 Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and are still in force today. 



Through a joint management agreement with the State of Florida and 

 managed by the State, the U.S. Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary 

 is patrolled by State and Park Rangers and the U.S. Coast Guard. 

 Collection or possession of coral, dead or alive, and sand or any 

 other organism, dead or alive, (other than fish or lobster), can 

 cost up to $5,000. If coral or other materials or organisms 

 mentioned above are collected outside of John Pennekamp Coral Reef 

 State Park and U.S. Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary, they 

 cannot be transported into these areas without danger of the 

 person possessing them being fined. This is also true of Biscayne 

 National Monument. 



The management and enforcement of the Key Largo Coral Reef Marine 

 Sanctuary, is of particular interest to the Looe Key proposal. Although 

 the area is larger^ la the upper Keys, and immediately adjacent to 

 an established State marine park, its ecologinal system and the human 

 impacts occurring daily in the sanctuary are very similiar to the 

 area known as Looe Key. 



a. Memorandum of Agreement 



At present, there is a memorandum of agreement between NOAA/OCZM and 

 the State DNR, Division of Recreation and Parks, which provides: 



State on-site management in accordance with the rules 

 and regulations promulgated by OCZM. 



State administered regulation. Proposed regulations 

 revising existing interim - final regulations are 

 being considered at the present time. 



At question appears to be how much should the regulations 

 resemble State regulations in the interest of consistency 

 and how much should they be a reflection of the objectives 

 of the Marine Protection Research Sanctuaries Act. 



State evaluation of all permits. 



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