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Flower garden banks national marine sanctuary map. Critical to the management of the flower garden banks national marine sanctuary fgbnms or sanctuary is targeted mapping and ground truthing efforts. These banks are capped with extraordinary healthy coral reefs dominated by massive brain and star corals. Stetson bank harbors a thriving sponge and coral community providing habitat for fish and colorful invertebrates. Download pdf of noaa booklet chart 11340 a reduced scale noaa nautical.
Flower garden banks national marine sanctuary is seeking applicants for one 1 seat on its advisory council a community based group of individuals that provide advice for sanctuary management. Underlying salt domes forced the seafloor upward in various areas of the gulf of mexico resulting in the formation of rises and banksconditions of the gulf of mexico were conducive to reef building. Information and application materials. 922 and contact the regulating agencies regulated by the sanctuary nms examples of other regulating agencies zoned areas statesterritories or laws closed to this type of use type of use restricted prohibited comments may not be comprehensive list.
This site is the product of a partnership between fgbnms and ncddc located at stennis. Our interactive map allows users to view sanctuary data photographs and shaded relief along with reference data that includes buoys artificial reefs and climatology. Deadline for submission has been extended to may 14 2020. National marine sanctuary located 100 nautical miles 185 kilometers offshore of galveston texas in the northwestern gulf of mexico.
These data directly support predicting impacts and user conflicts in the sanctuary and proposed sanctuary expansion sites. Ancient shorelines of the gulf coast 772kb jpg this map was used as part of the secrets of the gulf expedition with dr. For more information about how current movement in the gulf of mexico affects flower garden banks national marine sanctuary please visit our natural settings web page. Sanctuary maps east flower garden bank efgb west flower garden bank wfgb stetson bank sb regional maps watershed gulf of mexico northwestern gulf of mexico.
Updated 512010 impacts from divers. The sanctuary is accepting applications for the following council seat. Bathymetry biological information management zones oil and gas activities oceanographic data and remotely operated vehicle tracks with associated underwater photographs are made available through. The flower garden banks national marine sanctuary is a us.
Flower garden banks national marine sanctuary was first designated in 1992 to protect east and west flower garden banks. Locator map for fgbnms in the gulf of mexico 718kb jpg image of noaa nautical chart 11340 which includes parts of the texas and louisiana coastlines and flower garden banks national marine sanctuary 177kb jpg view noaa chart 11340 in noaas online chart catalog. The flower garden banks nms is the only marine sanctuary located in the gulf of mexico. Noaas national marine sanctuaries program partnered with noaas national centers for environmental information to create an on line gis based mapping tool of the flower garden banks sanctuary.
The map was created in partnership with noaas national marine sanctuaries program. Oil gas industry. Northwestern gulf banks 28 fathom alderdice bright geyer horseshoe macneil mcgrail rankin and sonnier banks.
