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MARINE PROTECTED AREAS in NEW JERSEY and NEW YORK

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Km

Natural Heritage: MPAs or zones established and

managed wholly or in part to sustain, conserve, restore,

and understand the protected area’s natural biodiversity,

populations, communities, habitats, and ecosystems;

the ecological and physical processes upon which they

depend; and, the ecological services, human uses and

values they provide to this and future generations.

CONSERVATION FOCUS

Cultural Heritage: MPAs or zones established and

managed wholly or in part to protect and understand

submerged cultural resources that reflect the nation’s

maritime history and traditional cultural connections to

the sea.

Sustainable Production: MPAs or zones established and

managed wholly or in part with the explicit purpose of

supporting the continued extraction of renewable living

resources (such as fish, shellfish, plants, birds, or

mammals) that live within the MPA, or that are exploited

elsewhere but depend upon the protected area’s habitat

for essential aspects of their ecology or life history.

Most MPAs have legally established goals, conservation

objectives, and intended purpose(s). Common examples include

MPAs created to conserve biodiversity in support of research and

education; to protect benthic habitat in order to recover overfished stocks; and to protect and interpret shipwrecks for maritime

education. These descriptors of an MPA are reflected in the site’s

Conservation Focus, which represents the characteristics of the

area that the MPA was established to conserve. The Conservation

Focus, in turn, influences many fundamental aspects of the site,

including its design, location, size, scale, management strategies

and potential contribution to surrounding ecosystems. U.S. MPAs

generally address one or more of these areas of Conservation

Focus:

Uniform Multiple-Use: MPAs or zones with a consistent level

of protection and allowable activities, including certain

extractive uses, across the entire protected area.

Zoned Multiple-Use: MPAs that allow some extractive

activities throughout the entire site, but that use marine

zoning to allocate specific uses to compatible places or

times in order to reduce user conflicts and adverse

impacts.

Zoned Multiple-Use With No-Take Area(s): Multiple-use

MPAs that contain at least one legally established

management zone in which all resource extraction is

prohibited.

No-Take: MPAs or zones that allow human access and even

some potentially harmful uses, but that totally prohibit the

extraction or significant destruction of natural or cultural

resources.

No Impact: MPAs or zones that allow human access, but that

prohibit all activities that could harm the site’s resources or

disrupt the ecological or cultural services they provide.

No Access: MPAs or zones that restrict all human access to

the area in order to prevent potential ecological disturbance,

unless specifically permitted for designated special uses

such as research, monitoring or restoration.

MPAs in the U.S. vary widely in the level and type of legal

protections afforded to the site’s natural and cultural resources and

ecological processes. Any MPA, or management zone within a

larger MPA, can be characterized by one of the following six levels

of protection, which will directly influence its effects on the

environment and human uses.

This map provides information regarding the distribution of marine LEVEL OF PROTECTION

protected areas throughout New Jersey and New York. The

boundaries for the areas shown were compiled into a spatial

database by NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center. Data were

obtained from various federal agencies and participating state and

local management offices and are current as of May 2008. Note

that certain data gaps still exist. Please contact the MPA Center to

provide information on sites that are missing from this catalog.

This map depicts MPAs in the states of New Jersey and New York

and adjacent federal waters only. Neighboring state MPAs are

omitted.

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Site ID (see table to the right for classification)

National Estaurine Research Reserves

National Wildlife Refuges

National Park Service MPAs

State of New York MPAs

State of New Jersey MPAs

National Marine Fisheries Service Sites

Map Created May 9, 2008

ID Site Name Level of Protection Primary Conservation Focus Fish Restrictions Area (km2

) ID Site Name Level of Protection Primary Conservation Focus Fish Restrictions Area (km2)

1 Mid-Atlantic Coastal Waters Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 111,767,498,005 36 Cohansey River Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 1,876,658

2 Waters off New Jersey Closure Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 34,746,455,610 37 Cheesequake State Park Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 2,167,938

3 Carl N. Shuster, Jr. Horseshoe Crab Reserve Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production All Restricted 4,132,153,698 38 Salem River Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 1,410,719

4 Mudhole Closure Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 2,786,516,364 39 Pork Island Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Commercial Prohibited 909,543

5 Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Commercial Prohibited 13,811,654 40 Sedge Islands Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Commercial Prohibited 755,769

6 Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 9,850,476 41 Swan Point State Natural Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 591,334

7 Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage All Restricted 450,514,936 42 Corson's Inlet State Park Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 554,954

8 Gateway National Recreation Area Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage All Restricted 67,508,099 43 Cape Island Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 319,970

9 Fire Island National Seashore Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage All Restricted 57,668,908 44 Swimming River Natural Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 352,278

10 Offshore Lobster Waters Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 336,041,851,814 45 Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 248,173

11 Other Northeast Gillnet Waters Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 297,428,210,171 46 Navesink River Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 218,620

12 Southern Nearshore Lobster Waters Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 65,705,851,479 47 Upper Barnegat Bay Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Commercial Prohibited 66,173

13 Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 73,271,017 48 Abbotts Meadow Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 2,661,183

14 Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Zoned No Take Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 276,834,858 49 Dix Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 9,196,555

15 Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge No Impact Natural Heritage All Prohibited 248,657 50 Barnegat Lighthouse State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 47,232

16 Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge No Access Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 877,711 51 Liberty State Park Zoned Multiple Use Cultural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 2,216,461

17 Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 17,908,622 52 Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 135,445

18 Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 329,552 53 Fort Mott State Park Uniform Multiple Use Cultural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 8,358

19 Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 11,590,583 54 Island Beach State Park Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 862,717

20 Northern Inshore State Lobster Waters Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Restricted 15,729,944,594 55 Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 4,687,270

21 Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 60,839,123 56 Bayswater Point State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 73,471

22 Cape May Wetlands Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 49,855,467 57 Camp Hero State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 3,000,454

23 Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 32,549,533 58 Captree State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 2,191,977

24 Egg Island Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 32,072,311 59 Caumsett State Historic Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 6,187,498

25 Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 23,380,895 60 Gilgo State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 4,305,621

26 Heislerville Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 21,433,618 61 Heckscher State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 6,331,526

27 Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area Zoned Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 19,717,221 62 Hither Hills State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 6,970,464

28 Absecon Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Commercial Prohibited 13,857,466 63 Jones Beach State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 10,278,207

29 Cape May Wetlands State Natural Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 11,203,914 64 Montauk Point State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 3,272,202

30 Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 7,447,917 65 Napeague State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 6,016,309

31 Port Republic Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 4,835,409 66 Nissequogue River State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 566,834

32 New Sweden Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 5,349,362 67 Orient Beach State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 1,409,528

33 Nantuxent Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Sustainable Production Recreational Restricted 5,190,336 68 Robert Moses State Park - Long Island Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 14,715,366

34 Fortescue Wildlife Management Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Recreational Restricted 4,036,469 69 Shadmoor State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 412,144

35 North Brigantine State Natural Area Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage Commercial Prohibited 3,070,132 70 Wildwood State Park Uniform Multiple Use Natural Heritage No Restrictions 3,192,227