ShallowVery Shallow

Very Shallow

6’6’

Please note: Ecological Reserve boundary continues to shoreline.

ResearchOnly

SanctuaryPreservation Area(SPAs)

WildlifeManagement Area

ExistingManagement Area

EcologicalReserve

SANCTUARY AREAS

18” MooringBuoy

30” YellowSanctuaryBuoy

3 - 5ft.Spar Buoy

ShallowRubble

Shallow

Very Shallow

Sea Grass

Coral

Island

Ecological ReserveWestern Sambo

A Boating and Angling Guide to the

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionFish and Wildlife Research Institute

100 8th Avenue SESt. Petersburg, Florida 33701

(727) 896-8626http://research.MyFWC.com

Mote Marine Laboratory - Tropical Research Laboratory

24244 Overseas HighwaySummerland Key, Florida 33042

305-745-2729http://isurus.mote.org/Keys

This project was funded in part by a grant awarded from Mote Marine Laboratory's Protect Our Reefs Grants Program, which is funded by proceeds from the sale of the Protect Our Reefs specialty license plate. Learn more at www.mote.org/4reef.

Western Sambo Ecological Reserve

• Moving,removing,taking,injuring,touching,breaking,cuttingorpossessingcoralorliverock.

• Dischargingordepositingtreatedoruntreatedsewagefrommarinesanitationdevices,trashandothermaterials

• Dredging,drilling,propdredgingorotherwisealteringtheseabed,orplacingorabandoninganystructureontheseabed.

• Operatingavesselinsuchamannerastostrikeorotherwiseinjurecoral,seagrass,orotherimmobileorganismsattachedtotheseabed,orcausepropscarring.

• Havingavesselanchoredonlivingcoralinwaterlessthan40feetdeepwhenthebottomcanbeseen.Anchoringonhardbottomisallowed.

• Exceptinofficiallymarkedchannels,operatingavesselatmorethan4knots/nowakewithin100yardsofresidentialshorelines,stationaryvessels,ornavigationalaidsmarkingreefs.

• Operatingavesselatmorethan4knots/nowakewithin100yardsofa“diversdown”flag.

• Divingorsnorkelingwithoutadiveflag.• Operatingavesselinsuchamannerwhichendangers

life,limb,marineresources,orproperty.• Releasingexoticspecies.• Damagingorremovingmarkers,mooringbuoys,

scientificequipment,boundarybuoys,andtrapbuoys.• Moving,removing,injuring,orpossessinghistorical

resources.• Takingorpossessingprotectedwildlife.• Usingorpossessingexplosivesorelectricalcharges.• Harvesting,possessingorlandinganymarinelife

speciesexceptasallowedbytheFloridaFishandWildlifeConservationCommissionRule(68B-42F.A.C.).

• Discharginganymatterexceptcoolingwaterorengineexhaust.

• Fishingbyanymeans;removing,harvesting,orpossessinganymarinelife.

• Touchingorstandingonlivingordeadcoral.

• Anchoringonlivingordeadcoral,oranyattachedorganism.

• Anchoringwhenamooringbuoyisavailable.• BaitfishingisallowedinSPAsbyFKNMSpermit.

With certain exceptions, the following activities areprohibited Sanctuary-Wide:

With certain exceptions, the following activities areprohibited in Western Sambo Ecological Reserve: