Most of Key Largo's dive sites exist within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a protected area covering 2,900 square nautical miles. Developed in 1990 to protect precious coral reefs and ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Marine protected areas (MPAs) and MPA networks are valuable tools for protecting coral reef habitats and managing near-shore fisheries, ...

The new marine protected area spans 18,500 square miles of water surrounding two remote, northern atolls, called Bikar and Bokak. “Bikar and Bokak’s coral reefs are a time machine, like diving ...