National Marine Sanctuaries Documents
This page provide a series of scientific, educational, and technical publications related to NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program listed chronologically as received.
Management Plans and EIS
American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2012
Document Size: 33 MB
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1980
Document Size: 33 MB
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2009
Document Size: 3.1 MB
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 4 MB
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 3.8 MB
Cordell Bank National Mairne Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 7.9 MB
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Final Managment Plan - Updated in Response to the Sanctuary Expansion
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2014
Document Size: 2.5 MB
Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries Final Impact Statement for the Expansion
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2014
Document Size: 14.5 MB
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1996
Document Size: 43.5 MB
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Revised Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2007
Document Size: 4 MB
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan/ Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1991
Document Size: 9.5 MB
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuaries Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2012
Document Size: 5 MB
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Assessment
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2012
Document Size: 2.6 MB
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1983
Document Size: 5.1 MB
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Final Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1983
Document Size: 15.7 MB
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan/ Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2006
Document Size: 3.8 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement Vol. 1
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1980
Document Size: 41.1 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement Vol. 2
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1980
Document Size: 29.1 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1987
Document Size: 13.9 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 8.8 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 7.9 MB
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan - Updated in Response to the Sanctuary Expansion
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2014
Document Size: 3.1 MB
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan/ Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1997
Document Size: 36.3 MB
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (HIHWNS)
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2002
Document Size: 5.1 MB
Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (FL Keys)
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1983
Document Size: 3.7 MB
Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (FL Keys)
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1983
Document Size: 4.3 MB
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1975
Document Size: 583K
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1983
Document Size: 2.8 MB
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1996
Document Size: 262K
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 5.9 MB
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 30 MB
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement Vol. 1
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1993
Document Size: 35.2 MB
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement Vol. 2
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1993
Document Size: 27 MB
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1994
Document Size: 2.4 MB
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan and Environmental Assessment
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2011
Document Size: 7.7 MB
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Nationa Monument Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 7.8 MB
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Nationa Monument Final Environmental Assessment
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 12.3 MB
Stellwagen Ban National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan and Enivrionmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1993
Document Size: 8.7 MB
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan and Enivrionmental Assessment
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2010
Document Size: 16.7 MB
Thunder Bay Final Evironmental Impact Statement
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 1999
Document Size: 3.4 MB
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Assessment
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2009
Document Size: 89.4 MB
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2009
Document Size: 3 MB
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statment for the Expansion
Author(s): NOAA
Year: 2014
Document Size: 6.6 MB
Policy Permitting or Regulations
Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Potential White Shark Research and Education Projects in Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries.
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2014
Document Size: 7MB
Policy and Permit Guidance for Submarine Cable Projects
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2011
Document Size: 185K
Record of Decision for the Final Programatic Environmental Impact Statement on Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuaries
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2011
Document Size: 2.2 MB
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement For Coral Restoration In The Florida Keys And Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuaries
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2010
Document Size: 1.6 MB
NOAA's Regulation of Fishing in National Marine Sanctuaries
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2008
Document Size: 116K
Remediation for the Pacific Crossing-1 North and East Submarine Fiber Optic Cables in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2005
Document Size: 2.9 MB
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Seagrass Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2004
Document Size: 2.8 MB
Fair Market Value Analysis for a Fiber Optic Cable Permit in National Marine Sanctuaries
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2002
Document Size: 108K
Tortugas Ecological Reserve Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/ Final Supplemental Management Plan (FL Keys)
Author(s):NOAA
Year: 2000
Document Size: 4.5 MB
Accomplishments Reports
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2014)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: Sept. 2015
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2013)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: Jul. 2014
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2012)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: Dec. 2013
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2011)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: Sept. 2012
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2010)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2011
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2009)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2010
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2008)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2009
National Marine Sanctuaries Accomplishments Report (2007)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2008
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2006)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2007
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2005)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2006
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2004/2005)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: March 2005
Document Size: 2.8MB
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2003/2004)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2004
Document Size: 2MB
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2003)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 1.4MB
National Marine Sanctuaries State of the Sanctuary Report (2002)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2002
Document Size: 1.6MB
Individual Sanctuaries Accomplishments Reports
2008 Field Site and Program Reports
Research and Monitoring
2016 Flower Garden Banks Localized Mortality Event Mini-Symposium Report (2018)
Posted: June 2018
Document Size: 2.7MB
National Marine Sanctuary System Condition Report (2013)
Posted: June 2013
Document Size: 6.7MB
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Spatial Bibliography: A Science-Planning Tool (2007)
Author(s): Christine Taylor and David Moe Nelson
Posted: February 2008
Document Size: 4.7MB
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report (2007)
Posted: August 2007
Document Size: 6.7MB
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report (2007)
Posted: April 2007
Document Size: 8.5MB
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Research Partnership: Quarterly Progress Reportts V-VI (2006-2007)
Posted: January 2007
Document Size: 3.5MB
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Research Partnership Quarterly Progress Reports II-III (2005-2006)
Posted: March 2006
Document Size: 1.3MB
A Monitoring Framework for the NMSP (2004)
Posted: January 2005
Document Size: 1.6MB
Broad-Scale Non-indigenous Species Monitoring along the West Coast in National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves (2005)
Author(s): partneship between Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, National Marine Sanctuary Program, and Other institution (for taxonomists), see Appendix A
Posted: August 2005
Document Size: 4.7MB
US Geological Survey, NOAA/National Marine Sanctuary Program's Seabed Mapping Initiative: 2002-2003 Annual Report (2003)
Author(s): Brad Barr, Senior Policy Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 4.2MB
Sanctuary Science: Evaluation of Status and Information Need (2002)
Author(s): Steve Gittings, Kimberly Benson, Paula Souik, and Mitchell Tartt
Posted: 2002
Document Size: 3.6MB
Integration of NOAA Aerial Monitoring and GIS Programs for Research, Education, and Management within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s): Ben Waltenberger and M. Pickett
Document Size: 220K
The Status of GIS Coordination Efforts within the Southern California Bight
Author(s): Catherin A. Schwemm, L.A.K. Mertes, and B. Waltenberger
Document Size: 28K
NMSP/USGS Joint Seabed Mapping Initiative:
Sanctuary Mapping Priorities Identification Process (2004)
Author(s): Christine Taylor, Geographer & Brad Barr, Senior Policy Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes Regional Coordinator
Posted:October 2004
Document Size: 3.5MB
Community Capacity Building in the Designation of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve (2002)
Author(s): Joanne M. Delaney, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Posted:2002
Document Size: 628K
Integrating Science into the Design of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve (2001)
Author(s): Benjamin D. Cowie-Haskell, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Joanne M. Delaney, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Posted:2001
Document Size: 960K
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Proceedings of the 1998 Research Workshop
Author(s): C. Edward Bowlby, B.A. Blackie, and J.K. Parrish
Document Size: 560K
A Rapid Assessment of Coral, Fish, and Algae Using the AGRRA Protocol
Author(s): Christy Pattengill-Semmens, S.R. Gittings, and T. Shyka
Document Size: 184K
Workshop on Marine Mammal Research & Monitoring in the National Marine Sanctuaries (Wailea, Maui, HI)
Author(s): Sarah Fangman and J. Roletto
Document Size: 392K
Conservation Series
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Education and Outreach
National Marine Sanctuary System Education Plan (2000)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted:2000
Document Size: 1MB
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Brochure
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Document Size: 280K
Island Ecology Safari Educational Programs at Catalina
Author(s): Julie Goodson and A. Willingham
Document Size: 40K
Hawai'i's Marine Protected Species (A Handbook for Ocean Users - 2001)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2001
Document Size: 528K
Responsibly Watching California's Marine Wildlife: Handbook for Ocean Users
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuaries/NOAA Fisheries
Document Size: 1.5MB
Maritime and Cultural Resources
Graveyard of the Atlantic Report
Author(s) and Contributor(s): Joseph Hoyt, James P. Delgado, Bradley Barr, Bruce Terrell and Valerie Grussing
Posted: 2014
Document Size: 7.2MB
The Search For Planter The Ship that Escaped Charleston and Carried Robert Smalls to Destiny
Author(s) and Contributor(s): Bruce G. Terrell, Gordon P. Watts & Timothy J. Runyan
Posted: 2014
Document Size: 8.5MB
Fathoming Our Past (2007)
Author(s) and Contributor(s): John Broadwater, Kekuena Kikiloi, Matthew Lawrence, Wayne Lusardi, Deborah Marx, Joylynn Oliveria, Julie Taomia, Bruce G. Terrell, Hans Van Tilburg
Posted: 2009
Document Size: 9.7MB
Maritime Archaeology Program Brochure (2003)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 116K
Report on Mapping Maritime Heritage Resources in National Marine Sanctuaries (2003)
Author(s): Brad Barr, Senior Policy Advisor and East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2003
Document Size: 1.1MB
General Reports
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the MPAs in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: A 10-year Review
Author(s): Vernon R. Leeworthy, and Danielle Schwarzmann
Posted: May 2017
Document Size:574K
A Facilities Master Plan for Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with TranSystems
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:15.9MB
A Facility Strategy for Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:1.7MB
A Conceptual Site Plan for Kure Atoll
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:10.96MB
National Facilities and Exhibits Plan 2010
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with TranSystems
Posted: January 2015
Document Size:40.41MB
A Facility Strategy for the Kaua'i NOAA Sanctuary Discovery Center
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:4.7MB
Charrette Report for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Marine Operations Center
Author(s):Black and Veatch Special Projects Corp. with Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:13.2MB
Downtown Savannah Outreach Market Study
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:12.5MB
Downtown Savannah Outreach Facility Study
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:9.1MB
Master Plan Update: Improvements to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:11MB
Action Plan for the Kalauha'iha'i (Lucas Spring) Fishpond Restoration Project
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting with Fraser and Fogle Architects and Leeway Enterprise
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:9.2MB
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Requirements Document
Author(s):Ferraro Choi and Associates with TranSystems and Facility Programming and Consulting
Posted: August 2011
Document Size:1.1MB
Facilities and Exhibits Master Plan Executive Summary
Author(s):Facility Programming and Consulting and TranSystems prepared the National Facilities and Exhibits Master Plan.
Posted: February 2011
Document Size:1MB
Airborne Platform Requirements FY 2006 - FY 2015
Author(s):U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2008
Document Size:3.2MB
Small Boat Requirements Study FY 2006 - FY 2015
Author(s):U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2008
Document Size:8.4MB
National Marine Sanctuaries Program Final Inspection Report
Author(s): U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General
Document Size:1.9MB
Small Boat Requirements Study, FY2003-FY2013
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Document Size: 360K
Partnerships in the National Marine Sanctuary Program (2004)
Parterships Table:/library/national/partnershipstable.pdf
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: July 2005
Document Sizes: 80K, 92K
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Handbook (2002)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: 2002
Document Sizes: 796K
Pre-Construction Coral Survey of the Wellwood (FL) Grounding Site
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Document Size: 124K
Coordinator Reports
National Marine Sanctuary Program Research Coordinators Meeting Report (2006)
Author(s): National Marine Sanctuary Program
Posted: February 2006
Document Sizes: 664K
National Marine Sanctuary Program Research Coordinators Meeting Report (2005)
Author(s): NMSP
Conducted: February 2005
Document Sizes: 376K
National Marine Sanctuary Program Research Coordinators Meeting Report (2004)
Author(s): NMSP
Conducted: February 2004
Document Sizes: 244K
Brochure
Channel Islands Shipwreck Brochure
Author(s): ONMS
Document Size: 1.7 MB
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Brochure
Author(s): ONMS
Document Size: 2 MB
Sanctuary Field Site Publications