Endangered Species as defined by the Florida Audubon Society and the 

 Florida Defenders of the Environment 



Invertebrates found within the proposed sanctuary: 



Elkhorn Coral 

 Staghorn Coral 

 Staghorn Coral 

 Pil lar Coral 

 Large Flower Coral 

 Lettuce Coral 

 Flower Coral 

 Starlet Coral 

 Brain Coral 

 Brain Coral 

 Small Star Coral 

 Large Star Coral 

 Brain Coral 



Acropora palmata 

 A. Ceryicornis 

 A. prolifera 

 Dendrogyra cy 1 i ndrus 

 Mussa angulosa 

 Agaricia agaricites 

 Eusmilia fasti giata 

 Siderastrea siderea 

 Diploria clivosa" 

 p. labryinthiformis 

 Montastraea annularis 

 M. cavernosa 

 Meandrina meandrites 



Atlantic Green Turtle Chelonia Mydas mydas 



Species whose habitat are found within the proposed sanctuary: 

 Atlantic Green Turtle Chelonia Mydas mydas All habitats 



Atlantic Hawksbill 

 Turtle 



Atlantic Ridley 

 Turtle 



Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Primary reef 



habitats 



Lepidocheyls kempi 



All habitats 



All violations of the above State laws, with the exception of 370.12 

 Marine Animals (a first degree offense) are criminal offenses; misdemeanors 

 of the second degree, with punishment prescribed by a Circuit Judge in 

 Monroe County. 



Enforcement Agency: Florida Marine Patrol 



Chapter 258. State Parks and Preserves. 



258.41 This provision permits the setting aside of State-owned submerged 

 lands of exceptional biological, aesthetic and scientific value as aquatic 

 preserves. Two of the thirty-one State aquatic preserves were established 

 in Monroe County. One of these, the Coupon Bight Aquatic Preserve is located 

 directly adjacent to the sanctuary off Big Pine Key. This Preserve, included 

 in the State Coastal Management Program as a Geographic Area of Particular 

 Concern, is a shallow semi-enclosed bay of unique biologic and scientific 

 valued. 



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