{"data":{"id":"us/15-cfr-appendix-iii-to-subpart-p-of-part-922","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 CFR Appendix III to Subpart P of Part 922","heading":"Appendix III to Subpart P of Part 922—Wildlife Management Areas Access Restrictions","body":"Area Access restrictions\nBay Keys No-motor zone (300 feet) around one key; idle speed only/no-wake zones in tidal creeks.\nBoca Grande Key South one-half of beach closed (beach above mean high water closed by Department of the Interior).\nWoman Key One-half of beach and sand spit on southeast side closed (beach and sand spit above mean high water closed by Department of the Interior).\nCayo Agua Keys Idle speed only/no-wake zones in all navigable tidal creeks.\nCotton Key No-motor zone on tidal flat.\nSnake Creek No-motor zone on tidal flat.\nCottrell Key No-motor zone (300 feet) around entire key.\nLittle Mullet Key No-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.\nBig Mullet Key No-motor zone (300 feet) around entire key.\nCrocodile Lake No-access buffer zone (100 feet) along shoreline between March 1 and October 1.\nEast Harbor Key No-access buffer zone (300 feet) around northernmost island.\nLower Harbor Keys Idle speed only/no-wake zones in selected tidal creeks.\nEastern Lake Surprise Idle speed only/no-wake zone east of highway U.S. 1.\nHorseshoe Key No-access buffer zone (300 feet) around main island (main island closed by Department of the Interior).\nMarquesas 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.\nTidal flat south of Marvin Key No-access buffer zone on tidal flat.\nMud Keys (i) Idle speed only/no-wake zones in the two main tidal creeks; (ii) two smaller creeks on west side closed.\nPelican Shoal No-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).\nRodriguez Key No-motor zone on tidal flats.\nDove Key No-motor zone on tidal flats; area around the two small islands closed.\nTavernier Key No-motor zone on tidal flats.\nSawyer Keys Tidal creeks on south side closed.\nSnipe Keys (i) Idle speed only/no-wake zone in main tidal creek; (ii) no-motor zone in all other tidal creeks.\nUpper Harbor Key No-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.\nEast Content Keys Idle speed only/no-wake zones in tidal creeks between southwesternmost keys.\nWest Content Keys Idle speed only/no-wake zones in selected tidal creeks; no-access buffer zone in one cove.\nLittle Crane Key No-access buffer zone (300 feet) around entire key.","path":["Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade","CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER B—OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT","PART 922—NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS","Subpart P—Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-15.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:24Z","sha256":"1fbe2a4e2916079669ed956d9074c6a30a3fac282a9943e63f28c0dbfe2023eb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-cfr-appendix-ii-to-subpart-p-of-part-922","next":"us/15-cfr-appendix-iv-to-subpart-p-of-part-922"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}