- Snorkelers and boaters venturing into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's Sanctuary Preservation Areas or Ecological Reserves can't take fish, lobster or other marine resources from those areas.
- Florida law requires that snorkelers display the diver-down flag whenever they're in the water. Snorkelers should stay within 300 feet of the flag while in open water and 100 feet while in a navigational channel.
Boaters should stay at least 300 feet away from a diver-down flag when in open water, and 100 feet when in a channel. If they must approach closer than that, they should drop to the slowest safe operating speed.
Diver-down flags on boats must be 20 by 24 inches; those on floats towed by snorkelers must be at least 12 by 12 inches. - Boaters are not allowed to strike or damage coral, seagrass or other marine life attached to the seabed. Boats are not allowed to drop anchor on coral.
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