This management plan is organized into six sections. Section 1
provides background information on national marine sanctuaries,
FGBNMS, and the purpose and need for updating the management plan.
Section 2 is an overview of the institutional setting in which the
sanctuary operates and of the regional ecosystem of the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico. It also describes the local
environment of East and West Flower Garden Banks and Stetson Bank.
Section 3 contains the action plans, which detail the management
strategies and activities to address the priority issues of FGBNMS
and meet the purposes and policies of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (Appendix I). Section 4 provides information
on the public comments received on the draft management plan and a
summary of the changes that were made to the management plan as a
result. Section 5 provides a summary of the environmental analysis
of the two alternatives considered: 1) no action, and 2) the
preferred alternative of revising the management plan and making
modifications to FGBNMS regulations (Appendix II). Section 6 lists
the sources cited in this document.
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