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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Below is a summary of regulated activity within the FGBNMS. For the full text, contact the Sanctuary offi ce at
409-621-5151 or visit www.fl owergarden.noaa.gov.
Fishing and Related Activities
The following activities are generally prohibited:
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Injuring, catching, harvesting, collecting or feeding, or attempting to injure, catch, harvest, collect or feed,
any fi sh within the sanctuary by use of any gear, device, equipment or means (e.g. spear guns, nets) except
by use of conventional hook and line gear.
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Possessing (except while passing through the sanctuary without interruption) any fi shing gear, device,
equipment, or means except conventional hook and line gear.
•
Possessing or using explosives or releasing electrical charges within the sanctuary.
Conventional hook and line gear means any fi shing apparatus operated aboard a vessel and composed of a single line terminated by a
combination of sinkers and hooks or lures and spooled upon a reel that may be hand or electrically operated, hand-held or mounted.
Anchoring and Mooring
The following activities are prohibited:
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Anchoring any vessel within the Sanctuary.
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Mooring a vessel over 100 feet in registered length on a Sanctuary mooring buoy.
Discharges
Discharging or depositing any material or other matter within the Sanctuary is prohibited, with the following
exceptions:
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Fish, fi sh parts, chumming materials or bait used in or resulting from fi shing with conventional hook and
line gear in the sanctuary.
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Clean effl uent from an operable Type I or Type II marine sanitation devise (MSD).
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Clean water generated by routine vessel operations (e.g. engine exhaust, cooling water, deck wash down,
and gray water), excluding oily wastes from bilge pumping.
Injury to or Possession of Sanctuary Resources
The following activities are generally prohibited:
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Injuring or removing, or attempting to injure or remove, any coral or other bottom formation, coralline
algae or other plant, marine invertebrate (e.g., spiny lobster, queen conch, shell, sea urchin), brine-seep
biota or carbonate rock.
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Possessing within the Sanctuary (regardless of where collected), any coral or other bottom formation,
coralline algae or other plant, or fi sh (except for fi sh caught by use of conventional hook and line gear).
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Drilling into, dredging, or otherwise altering the seabed of the sanctuary; or constructing, placing, or
abandoning any structure, material, or other matter on the seabed of the Sanctuary.
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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Below is a summary of regulated activity within the FGBNMS. For the full text, contact the Sanctuary offi ce at
409-621-5151 or visit www.fl owergarden.noaa.gov.
Fishing and Related Activities
The following activities are generally prohibited:
•
Injuring, catching, harvesting, collecting or feeding, or attempting to injure, catch, harvest, collect or feed,
any fi sh within the sanctuary by use of any gear, device, equipment or means (e.g. spear guns, nets) except
by use of conventional hook and line gear.
•
Possessing (except while passing through the sanctuary without interruption) any fi shing gear, device,
equipment, or means except conventional hook and line gear.
•
Possessing or using explosives or releasing electrical charges within the sanctuary.
Conventional hook and line gear means any fi shing apparatus operated aboard a vessel and composed of a single line terminated by a
combination of sinkers and hooks or lures and spooled upon a reel that may be hand or electrically operated, hand-held or mounted.
Anchoring and Mooring
The following activities are prohibited:
•
Anchoring any vessel within the Sanctuary.
•
Mooring a vessel over 100 feet in registered length on a Sanctuary mooring buoy.
Discharges
Discharging or depositing any material or other matter within the Sanctuary is prohibited, with the following
exceptions:
•
Fish, fi sh parts, chumming materials or bait used in or resulting from fi shing with conventional hook and
line gear in the sanctuary.
•
Clean effl uent from an operable Type I or Type II marine sanitation devise (MSD).
•
Clean water generated by routine vessel operations (e.g. engine exhaust, cooling water, deck wash down,
and gray water), excluding oily wastes from bilge pumping.
Injury to or Possession of Sanctuary Resources
The following activities are generally prohibited:
•
Injuring or removing, or attempting to injure or remove, any coral or other bottom formation, coralline
algae or other plant, marine invertebrate (e.g., spiny lobster, queen conch, shell, sea urchin), brine-seep
biota or carbonate rock.
•
Possessing within the Sanctuary (regardless of where collected), any coral or other bottom formation,
coralline algae or other plant, or fi sh (except for fi sh caught by use of conventional hook and line gear).
•
Drilling into, dredging, or otherwise altering the seabed of the sanctuary; or constructing, placing, or
abandoning any structure, material, or other matter on the seabed of the Sanctuary.
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