NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program serves as the trustee for the nation's system of marine sanctuaries, four of which contain coral reefs. The purpose of the program is to conserve, protect, and enhance the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and cu...

The Florida Key archipelago is known world-wide for its extensive offshore coral reefs.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located 68.35 km off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, harbors the northernmost coral reefs in the United States and serves as a regional reservoir of shallow water Caribbean reef fishes and invertebrates.

"The Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary is now the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. To learn about the management plan review process that resulted in the incorporation of five additional areas to the sanctuary, revised sanctuary regulatio...

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve was created on December 4, 2000, by Executive Order 13178. The Executive Order was amended on January 18, 2001 by Executive Order 13196 making the establishment of the Reserve complete. On Jun...

Designated a national marine sanctuary in 1981, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is located off the coast of Georgia. Gray's Reef comprises one of the largest sandstone reefs in the southeastern United States.

"Newly discovered habitats in NOAAs Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary are an underwater melting pot for deep sea corals, sponges, rockfish, and other species. A partnership of federal and independent scientists found the rocky reef habitats in October in a...