Executive Summary -- Introd. -- Literature Review -- Institutional Arrangements for MPA Enforcement -- NOAA's MPA-Related Enforcement Actions -- Case Studies -- Participant Suggestions and Published Recommendations -- Appendices: Appendix A. Executive Order 13158 of May 26, 2000 -- Appendix B. Limited inventory of MPA-Related Adjudications -- Appendix C. Study Participants -- Appendix D. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Sanctuary-wide regulations -- Appendix E. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Zones and Regulations.

Provides synthesis of existing information on the enforcement of U.S. marine protected areas (MPAs), discusses current institutional arrangements for MPA enforcement, highlights issues in MPA-related case law, examines perspectives on MPA enforcement and compliance issues by coastal and marine resource managers, enforcement agencies, and other public and private stakeholders, and presents recommendations for effective enforcement of U.S. MPAs. Includes case studies on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Channel Islands marine protected areas, and Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern/Oculina Experimental Closed Area.

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Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)