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fish over coral Sanctuaries are managed to protect and conserve their resources and to allow uses that are compatible with resource protection.

Management of sanctuaries is composed of a number of components including authorizing legislation, regulations, management plans and permitting. Discover more in Management 101.

Permits
Find out about sanctuary permitting information, application guidelines and contacts.

Consultations
Learn more about the interagency consultations required by the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.

Conservation
Policy statements on resource protection issues and how our national conservation policies are developed.

Resource Protection
Resource protection and management go hand-in-hand, joining forces to reduce the threats and impacts of human-induced effects on the natural and maritime heritage resources in the sanctuaries. Resource protection in the sanctuaries includes regulations, permitting, incident response and contingency planning, damage assessment and restoration, and enforcement.

whale tail in front of a shipReducing Ship Strike Risk to Whales
Ship strikes on large endangered whales is of great concern to national marine sanctuaries. Read about efforts to reduce the risk of ship strikes, and what sanctuary staff and partners are doing to manage, monitor, and research this issue.

For Pilots
Over the next three months, the FAA will release updated aeronautical sectionals that include West Coast sanctuary overflight regulations.


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