TABLE OF CONTENTS 



COVER i 



NOTE TO READER ii 



INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1 



CHAPTER ONE: PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION 21 



CHAPTER TWO: ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE 23 



I. Introduction 23 



II. No Action Alternative: Rely on the Legal Status Quo 



III. Preferred Alternative 25 



A. Goals and Objectives 25 



B. Management 26 



C. Preferred Boundary Alternative 29 



D. Preferred Regulatory Alternatives 30 



IV. Regulatory Alternatives Eliminated From Detailed Study 36 



V. Summary of Analysis of Alternatives 38 



CHAPTER THREE: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 45 



I. Marine Environment 45 



II. Socio-Economic Setting 59 



III. Historic and Cultural Resources 67 



IV. State and Other Federal Resource Management Provisions 



in Adjacent and Nearby Areas 69 



V. Legal Status Quo 73 



CHAPTER FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES 93 



I. Introduction 93 



II. Boundary Alternatives 94 



III. Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Regulations 99 



A. Coral Collecting 99 



B. Commercial Fishing 103 



C. Spearfishing 119 



D. Historical and Cultural Resources 121 



E. Discharges 123 



F. Anchoring 125 



LIST OF PREPARERS 129 



DISTRIBUTION LIST 131 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 135 



DRAFT DESIGNATION DOCUMENT AND DRAFT REGULATIONS 



SITE ANALYSIS RESEARCH METHODS 



APPENDIX A 

 APPENDIX B 

 APPENDIX C 

 APPENDIX D 



LOOE KEY ONSITE SURVEY 



FLORDIA STATE LAWS AND EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL MARINE 

 RESERVES AND PARKS 



APPENDIX E: COMMENTS ON THE DEIS AND NOAA RESPONSES 



