Thirty two areas within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary were set aside as no-take zones in 1997.
On June 29, REEF organized a kick-off dive at Molasses Reef and Pickle's Reef in the Florida Keys.
Next week (December 12) will see the opening of the first Shula Burger on Islamorada in the Florida Keys.
Davis is using human power to travel 5, 000 miles on a 10-month trek from the Florida Keys to Canada.
There had been rumblings all week about a tropical storm crossing the Florida Keys, a chance it might head north.
Located off the Atlantic shore of Marathon in the Florida Keys is a private island getaway with all the amenities.
First to use it will be the Spanish oil company Repsol YPF, which plans to drill an exploratory well around 100km (62 miles) from the Florida Keys.
In most cases, the passengers are dropped off on beaches of remote islands in the Florida Keys or near Miami, where they wait to be picked up by U.S. authorities.
It had weakened significantly since being measured as a Category 5, with 180 mph winds, as it made its way between Cuba and the Florida Keys to the Louisiana coast.
"We've been able to recreate one of the biggest thickets in the Florida Keys of staghorn coral, and that's something we can duplicate throughout the Keys and throughout the Caribbean, " Nedimyer said.
For more active travelers, Adam McCulloch's Kayaking the Florida Keys: A how-to guide explains which route to take, which kayak to choose and the best time of year to paddle through the miles of mangroves.
The Florida Keys, a 113-mile-long chain of islands, is one of the five suggestions in Lonely Planet's top five day trips from Miami, but the laid-back streets feel more like they belong in the Caribbean.
As of July 14th, the government estimated that there was oil on 572 miles (920km) of gulf coast 35% of the stretch from the Florida Keys to Brownsville, Texas with 328 miles of Louisiana's 397-mile coast affected.
The favourite route of Bill Keogh, a guide with outfitter Big Pine Kayak Adventures ( www.keyskayaktours.com) and author of the Florida Keys Paddling Guide, is a day trip from Seven Mile Bridge in a kayak fitted with a sail.
As a former beach bum who spent years exploring the reefs in the Florida Keys, and later traveling around the world to write a book about the status of coral reefs, I was already familiar with many of these threats.
Beijing's quest for energy has recently led it to the shores of the U.S. With the help of communist Cuba, Chinese companies are performing what is known as "slant drilling" 50 miles off the Florida Keys, tapping into oil reserves located in U.S. sovereign territory.
Meanwhile at a public meeting Saturday in Key West, representatives from the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and BP offered a similar message: There is no imminent threat to the Florida Keys, although fears remained that the slick would eventually hit the state.
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Within the next five years, the Coral Restoration Foundation plans to grow and transplant 50, 000 corals in the Keys, which he says is the largest effort of its kind in Florida and the Caribbean.
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