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Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: Oct 25, 2024
Appendix Appendix III - Appendix III to Subpart P of Part 922—Wildlife Management Areas Access Restrictions
Area Access restrictions
Bay KeysNo-motor zone (300 feet) around one key; idle speed only/no-wake zones in tidal creeks.
Boca Grande KeySouth one-half of beach closed (beach above mean high water closed by Department of the Interior).
Woman KeyOne-half of beach and sand spit on southeast side closed (beach and sand spit above mean high water closed by Department of the Interior).
Cayo Agua KeysIdle speed only/no-wake zones in all navigable tidal creeks.
Cotton KeyNo-motor zone on tidal flat.
Snake CreekNo-motor zone on tidal flat.
Cottrell KeyNo-motor zone (300 feet) around entire key.
Little Mullet KeyNo-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.
Big Mullet KeyNo-motor zone (300 feet) around entire key.
Crocodile LakeNo-access buffer zone (100 feet) along shoreline between March 1 and October 1.
East Harbor KeyNo-access buffer zone (300 feet) around northernmost island.
Lower Harbor KeysIdle speed only/no-wake zones in selected tidal creeks.
Eastern Lake SurpriseIdle speed only/no-wake zone east of highway U.S. 1.
Horseshoe KeyNo-access buffer zone (300 feet) around main island (main island closed by Department of the Interior).
Marquesas Keys(i) No-motor zones (300 feet) around three smallest keys on western side of chain; (ii) no-access buffer zone (300 feet) around one island at western side of chain; (iii) idle speed only/no-wake zone in southwest tidal creek.
Tidal flat south of Marvin KeyNo-access buffer zone on tidal flat.
Mud Keys(i) Idle speed only/no-wake zones in the two main tidal creeks; (ii) two smaller creeks on west side closed.
Pelican ShoalNo-access buffer zone out to 50 meters from shore between April 1 and August 31 (shoal closed by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission).
Rodriguez KeyNo-motor zone on tidal flats.
Dove KeyNo-motor zone on tidal flats; area around the two small islands closed.
Tavernier KeyNo-motor zone on tidal flats.
Sawyer KeysTidal creeks on south side closed.
Snipe Keys(i) Idle speed only/no-wake zone in main tidal creek; (ii) no-motor zone in all other tidal creeks.
Upper Harbor KeyNo-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.
East Content KeysIdle speed only/no-wake zones in tidal creeks between southwesternmost keys.
West Content KeysIdle speed only/no-wake zones in selected tidal creeks; no-access buffer zone in one cove.
Little Crane KeyNo-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.
authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431
source: 60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.