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The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) is a United States National Marine Sanctuary located 100 nautical miles (120 mi; 190 km) off of Galveston, Texas, in the northwestern Gulf of America. It contains the northernmost coral reefs in the United States.
The Flower Garden Banks is one of 15 national marine sanctuaries and two national marine monuments protected by the NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, and the only one in the Gulf of ...
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Gulf of Mexico: 160 sq mi (414 km 2) January 17, 1992 [10] Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary: Atlantic: 22 sq mi (57 km 2) January 16, 1981 [10] Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Pacific: 3,295 sq mi (8,534 km 2) January 16, 1981 [10] Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine ...
Beginning in June 2008, Manta was the research and monitoring vessel of the Flower Garden Banks National Maritime Sanctuary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The ship also acts as a host for educational trips and is a standby vessel for emergency response. [3]
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The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary will protect 4,543-square-miles of the Pacific Ocean from just south of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County to Naples ...
Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (2 P) Pages in category "National Marine Sanctuaries of the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
In July 2011, lionfish were reported for the first time in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Louisiana. [67] Sanctuary officials said they believe the species will be a permanent fixture, but hope to monitor and possibly limit their presence. [citation needed]