Coral or other materials or organisms mentioned above collected outside 

 of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Key Largo Coral Reef Marine 

 Sanctuary cannot be transported into these areas without danger of the pos- 

 sessor being fined. This is also true of the Key Biscayne National Park. 



The effectiveness of enforcement arrangements at the Key Largo Coral 

 Reef Marine Sanctuary is of particular interest to the Looe Key proposal. 

 Although the Key Largo area is larger and immediately adjacent to an estab- 

 lished State Marine Park, its ecological system and the human impacts 

 occurring daily in the sanctuary are yery similar to those at Looe Key. 



Bahia Honda State Park is in the vicinity of the proposed Looe Key 

 Sanctuary and managed by the Florida State DNR, Division of Recreation and 

 Parks, and located on Bahia Honda Key. The Bahia Honda State Park personnel 

 emphasize the protection of State resources by interpretation of the law to 

 those who use the park rather than by enforcement. The park employs 17 

 staff and 14 rangers, most without law enforcement authority, whose responsi- 

 bilities include search and rescue operations in State waters. 



The National Key Deer Refuge, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, and 

 Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge are administered from the National 

 Key Deer Refuge Headquarters by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located 

 on Big Pine Key, in the vicinity of the Looe Key area. The U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service (FWS) has no jurisdiction in the State waters surrounding 

 the refuges but must maintain boats in order to inspect and manage 90 percent 

 of their lands. The FWS owns and maintains three boats; a 24'x9' workboat, 

 a 26' aqua sport and a shallow water craft (17'). All resources, both personnel 

 and budget, are fully committed to the purposes of the refuge and conversations 

 with the refuge manager indicate that they would not be able to be actively 

 involved in sanctuary management or enforcement. 



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