NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 2 February 2007Ĭan marine “protected” areas be effective? State of The Reefs report (SOTR) Volume 1: Marine Protected Areas Managed by U.S. Report on the Status of Marine Protected Areas in Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States. Socioeconomic Impacts of Marine Reserves - Tortugas Ecological ReserveĪ Socioeconomic Study of Reefs in Southeast Florida, Final Report - October 19, 2001 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Socioeconomic Monitoring Component Summary Findings for South Florida (2014) Mapping Southern Florida’s Shallow-water Coral Reef Ecosystems: An Implementation Plan Southeast Florida Coral Reef Fishery Independent Baseline Assessment 2012-2014 Summary ReportĪn Integrated Biogeographic Assessment of Reef Fish Populations and Fisheries in Dry Tortugas : Effects of No-Take Reserves - NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 111 Natural Resource Report NPS/SFCN/NRR-2009/150 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Socioeconomic Monitoring Component Summary Findings for South Florida (2014) Publicationsįlorida's Coral Reef Management Priorities (2010)įlorida Capacity Assessment Report and Coral Reef Conservation TimelineĪ cooperative multi-agency reef fish monitoring protocol for the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem. OCM Coastal Impact Stories: Coral Reef Conservation Program in Florida Researchers are working to identify potential pathogens and relationships with environmental factors, strategies to treat diseased colonies, and identify genotypes of corals that are resistant to the disease. The disease can be transmitted to other corals through direct contact and water circulation. While disease outbreaks are not uncommon, this event is unique due to its large geographic range, extended duration, rapid progression, high rates of mortality and the number of species affected. Since 2014, Florida's coral reefs have been experiencing a multi-year outbreak of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. It is estimated that coral reef activities in Martin, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties generate $3.4 billion in sales in general and income and support 36,000 jobs in the region each year. These activities provide a great source of income for Florida and its coastal communities. In addition to local residents, millions of tourists travel to Florida to enjoy scuba diving, snorkeling, and fishing on south Florida's coral reefs.
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Discontinuous and less biologically diverse coral reef communities continue northward along western Florida shores to the Florida Middle Grounds, a series of submerged pinnacles rising to within 60-80 ft of the surface, about 100 miles northwest of St. The 2,800 square nautical mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), designated in 1992, surrounds the entire archipelago of the Florida Keys and includes the productive waters of Florida Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The Florida Reef Tract possesses coral formations very similar to those found in the Bahamas and Caribbean Sea.Īll but the northernmost extent of the reef tract lies within the boundaries of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The most productive reef development occurs seaward of the Florida Keys, and the most extensive living coral reef in the United States is adjacent to the island chain of the Florida Keys. Lucie Inlet in Martin County, to the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico. These reefs extend over 300 miles from the St. Florida is the only state in the continental United States to have extensive shallow coral reef formations near its coasts.
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