involvement and review. Alternative means of insuring user participation in 

 sanctuary management will be explored in the public forum. If advisory 

 committees are desired, they will become a part of the formal management 

 structure. 



NOAA proposes to contract for day-to-day management of the sanctuary, if 

 such an arrangement can be reached under a Cooperative Agreement. The manage- 

 ment staff will consist of trained personnel with experience in special area 

 planning and management. The manager will be charged among other things with 

 responsibility for coordinating enforcement and surveillance activities within 

 the proposed sanctuary. The manager will be responsible for administering the 

 sanctuary and providing reports to include (but not limited to) the following 

 items: 



° Environmental analysis studies; 



° Visitor use and visitor use capacity studies, user-related 

 impacts, and such other information as necessary; 



° Enforcement analysis, including a summary of activities, notices of 

 violations, case dispositions, including statistical information on 

 number of visitors, points of entry and areas and types of use, and 

 conclusions and recommendations, including ways to improve management. 



The MP would provide for a visitor information station to distribute information 

 on regulations within the sanctuary and other public information concerning 

 knowledge of the Looe Key Coral Reef system and ongoing research projects in 

 the sanctuary and appropriate uses of the natural resources. 



NOAA has initiated consultation with the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on 

 the question of the proposed Looe Key Marine Sanctuary enforcement. The Coast 

 Guard will provide the Looe Key Marine Sanctuary enforcement and surveillance 

 for NOAA and arrangements will be worked out to insure an onsite presence. 

 NOAA believes that the level of enforcement required in the Looe Key Sanctuary 

 cannot be achieved through routine patrols or as an add-on to other duties. 



Proposed Designation 



The Designation Document (Designation) serves as a constitution for the 

 sanctuary (the draft Designation for the proposed Looe Key Marine Sanctuary is 

 presented in app. A). It establishes the boundary and purpose of the sanc- 

 tuary, identifies the types of activities that may be subject to regulation, and 

 specifies the extent to which other regulatory programs will continue to be 

 effective within the sanctuary. Its content can be altered only after repeating 

 the entire designation process and securing Presidential approval. 



The draft Designation proposes that the following activities be subject to 

 necessary and reasonable regulation: 



° Anchoring; 



° Coral collecting and damage; 



° Wire trap fishing; 



° Lobster trapping; 



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