Our Marine Sanctuaries

Mrs. McCormack’s

Science Academic League

Florida Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

-LOCATION

*Gulf of Mexico

-ENDANGERED ANIMALS

*Hawksbill Sea Turtle

-THREATENED ANIMALS

*Logger Head Sea Turtle

-HUMAN IMPACT

*Fishing and pollution

-INTERESTING FACT

*It is called flower garden bank because of the brightly colored sponges and other plants.

The Florida Keys

-LOCATION

*Florida

-ENDANGERED ANIMALS

*Sea Turtles

American Alligator

-HUMAN IMPACT

*Pollution is killing the coral reefs.

*Anchors drop on the coral reefs.

-INTERESTING FACTS

*There are 42 bridges connecting the islands of the Florida Keys.

*The sanctuary protects 2,900 square nautical miles of water surrounding Florida.

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary-LOCATION

*Hawaii

-ANIMAL

*Humpback whale

-HUMAN IMPACT

*fishing

*trespassing

*surface activities

-INTERESTING FACTS

*Most humpback whales come to

this sanctuary.

* The whales perform a variety of

spectacular behaviors.

*It is the biggest humpback whale

habitat.

Papahanaumokuakea

-LOCATION

*Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

-ANIMALS

*Sharks, Hawaiian Sea Turtle

-ENDANGERED ANIMALS

*Monk Seal

-HUMAN IMPACT

*Shipping activity

Ship based pollution

-INTERESTING FACTS

*Encompasses 139, 797 square miles of Pacific Ocean.

*It is the single largest conservation area.

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary-LOCATION

*It is off the rugged Olympic Peninsula.

-ANIMALS

*Gray Whales

*many species of fish

-HUMAN IMPACT

*We crowd their habitat

*cruise ship pollution

-INTERESTING FACTS

*The sanctuary extends 25 to 50 miles seaward.

*Many species of fish and invertebrates thrive in the sanctuary.