The List of National System MPAs List is current as of July 2013

FEDERAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Breton National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana) Tybee National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia, South Carolina) Marine National Monument Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (South Carolina) Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Hawaii) Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (South Carolina) Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia) National Marine Fisheries Service Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (New York) Lydonia Canyon Gear Restricted Area Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (Washington) Norfolk Canyon Gear Restricted Area Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Maryland, Virginia) Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia) Oceanographer Canyon Gear Restricted Area Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge (New York) Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Veatch Canyon Gear Restricted Area Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge (Maine) FEDERAL / STATE PARTNERSHIP MARINE PROTECTED AREAS National Marine Sanctuaries Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (California) Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) National Estuarine Research Reserves Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (California) Delta National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana) Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Florida) Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Texas) (California) Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (New Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge (Washington) Jersey) (Massachusetts) Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Maryland) Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Puerto Rico) Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (Georgia) Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Florida) Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (California) Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Farallon National Wildlife Refuge (California) (Massachusetts) (Hawaii) Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California) Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) STATE & TERRITORIAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (American Samoa) Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Alabama, Mississippi) American Samoa NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (North Carolina) Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge (Washington) Alofau Village Marine Protected Area Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Washington) Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge (New Hampshire) Amanave Village Marine Protected Area Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Amaua & Auto Village Marine Protected Area Preserve (Michigan) Guam National Wildlife Refuge (Guam) Aoa Village Marine Protected Area Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia) Aua Village Marine Protected Area National Parks Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Fagamalo Village Marine Protected Area Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland, Virginia) Huron National Wildlife Refuge (Michigan) Masausi Village Marine Protected Area Biscayne National Park (Florida) Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Matu'u & Faganeanea Village Marine Protected Area Buck Island Reef National Monument (U.S. Virgin Islands) J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Poloa Village Marine Protected Area Cabrillo National Monument (California) Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Sa'ilele Village Marine Protected Area Canaveral National Seashore (Florida) John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island) Vatia Village Marine Protected Area Cape Cod National Seashore (Massachusetts) Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Cape Hatteras National Seashore (North Carolina) Key West National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) California Cape Lookout National Seashore (North Carolina) Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area Channel Islands National Park (California) Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge (Oregon, Washington) Anacapa Island Special Closure (A) Cumberland Island National Seashore (Georgia) Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Anacapa Island Special Closure (B) Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida) Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) Anacapa Island State Marine Conservation Area Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve (Washington) Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve Everglades National Park (Florida) Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge (California) Ano Nuevo ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Fire Island National Seashore (New York) Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Maryland) Ano Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area Fort Pulaski National Monument (Georgia) Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (Massachusetts) Arrow Point to Lion Head Point (Catalina Island) State Marine Gateway National Recreation Area (New York) Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Conservation Area Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (Alaska) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Asilomar State Marine Reserve Golden Gate National Recreation Area (California) Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Hawaii) Batiquitos Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Indiana) Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge (Massachusetts) Begg Rock (San Nicolas Island Quad) State Marine Reserve Isle Royale National Park (Michigan) National Key Deer Refuge (Florida) Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Oregon) Big Creek State Marine Reserve Preserve (Louisiana) Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island) Big Flat State Marine Conservation Area Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Hawaii) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (Washington) Big River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (Hawaii) Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge (Massachusetts) Bird Rock (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation Area National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa) Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Bird Rock ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Olympic National Park (Washington) Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (New York) Blue Cavern (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation Area Padre Island National Seashore (Texas) Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Bodega ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan) Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Massachusetts) Bodega Head State Marine Conservation Area Point Reyes National Seashore (California) Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) Bodega Head State Marine Reserve Redwood National Park (California) Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Bolsa Bay State Marine Conservation Area Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge (South Carolina) Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area (U.S. Virgin Islands) Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Cabrillo State Marine Reserve San Juan Island National Historical Park (Washington) Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Cambria State Marine Conservation Area Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Michigan) Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Campus Point State Marine Conservation Area Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (U.S. Virgin Islands) Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge (Maine) Carmel Bay ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Virgin Islands National Park (U.S. Virgin Islands) Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Delaware) Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge (Washington) Carmel Pinnacles State Marine Reserve National Wildlife Refuges Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Maine) Carrington Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge (South Carolina) Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Casino Point (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation Area Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana) Castle Rock Special Closure Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island) Cat Harbor (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation Area Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge (California) Dana Point State Marine Conservation Area Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (California) Del Mar Landing ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Virginia) Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge (New York) Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge (Pacific Islands) Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana) Double Cone Rock State Marine Conservation Area Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Oregon) Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Oregon) Double Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Double Point/Stormy Stack Special Closure Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana) St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia) Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (Connecticut) Duxbury Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Maryland) Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) Duxbury State Marine Conservation Area Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island) Susquehanna National Wildlife Refuge (Maryland) Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Delaware) Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (North Carolina) Egg (Devil's Slide) Rock to Devil's Slide Special Closure Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (Alabama) Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge (New York) Elkhorn Slough State Marine Conservation Area Elkhorn Slough State Marine Reserve Rockport Rocks Special Closure Dixie Sword Exempt Site Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area Russian Gulch State Marine Conservation Area Edward Rich Exempt Site Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve Russian River State Marine Conservation Area French Van Gilder Exempt Site Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Russian River State Marine Recreational Management Area H.M.C.S. Saint Francis Exempt Site Area Salmon Creek Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Henry Endicott Exempt Site False Klamath Rock Special Closure Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area Herbert Exempt Site Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area Samoa State Marine Conservation Area Herman Winter Exempt Site Farallon Islands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area San Clemente Island ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Hilda Garston Exempt Site Farnsworth Bank ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area San Diego-Scripps ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area James S. Longstreet Exempt Site Farnsworth Offshore (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation San Diego-Scripps Coastal State Marine Conservation Area John Dwight Exempt Site Area San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area Kershaw Exempt Site Farnsworth Onshore (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation San Elijo Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area Kiowa Exempt Site Area San Miguel Island Special Closure A-1 Lackawana Exempt Site Footprint State Marine Reserve San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz Islands ASBS State Water Lunet Exempt Site Gerstle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Quality Protection Area Mars Exempt Site Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz Islands ASBS State Water Pemberton Exempt Site Goleta Slough State Marine Conservation Area Quality Protection Area Pendleton Exempt Site Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area San Nicolas Island and Begg Rock ASBS State Water Quality Pinthis Exempt Site Gull Island (Santa Cruz Island) State Marine Reserve Protection Area Port Hunter Exempt Site Harris Point (San Miguel Island) State Marine Reserve San Nicolas Island and Begg Rock ASBS State Water Quality Pottstown Exempt Site Heisler Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Protection Area Romance Exempt Site Irvine Coast ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands ASBS State Water Quality Seaconnet Exempt Site James V. Fitzgerald ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Protection Area Trojan Exempt Site Judith Rock (San Miguel Island) State Marine Reserve Santa Barbara Island State Marine Reserve U.S.S. Grouse Exempt Site Jughandle Cove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Saunders Reef ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area U.S.S. New Hampshire Exempt Site Julia Pfeiffer Burns ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area U.S.S. Triana Exempt Site Kashtayit State Marine Conservation Area Scorpion (Santa Cruz Island) State Marine Reserve U.S.S. Yankee Exempt Site King Range ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area U.S.S. YSD Exempt Site La Jolla ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Sea Lion Gulch State Marine Reserve Vineyard Sound Lightship Exempt Site Laguna Beach State Marine Conservation Area Skunk Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area Maryland Laguna Point to Latigo Point ASBS State Water Quality Protection South Cape Mendocino State Marine Reserve U-1105 Black Panther Historic Shipwreck Preserve Area South Humboldt Bay State Marine Recreational Management Long Point (Catalina Island) State Marine Reserve Area New Jersey Lover's Cove (Catalina Island) State Marine Conservation Area South La Jolla State Marine Conservation Area See National Estuarine Research Reserves, above Lovers Point State Marine Reserve South La Jolla State Marine Reserve MacKerricher State Marine Conservation Area South Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve Puerto Rico Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Conservation Area Arrecifes de la Cordillera Natural Reserve Mattole Canyon State Marine Reserve Southeast Farallon Island State Marine Reserve Canal Luis Peña Natural Reserve Montara State Marine Reserve Southeast Farallon Special Closure A Isla de Desecheo Marine Reserve Moro Cojo Slough State Marine Reserve Southeast Farallon Special Closure B Isla de Mona Natural Reserve Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area Southeast Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Isla de Mona Natural Reserve Morro Bay State Marine Reserve Protection Area Tres Palmas de Rincón Marine Reserve Naples State Marine Conservation Area Southwest Seal Rock Special Closure Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve Steamboat Rock Special Closure South Carolina Navarro River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area Stewarts Point State Marine Conservation Area Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail North Farallon Islands & Isle of St. James Special Closure Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve Cooper River Heritage Dive Trail North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve Sugarloaf Island Special Closure Northwest Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Swami's State Marine Conservation Area U.S. Virgin Islands Protection Area Ten Mile Beach State Marine Conservation Area St. Croix East End Marine Park Pacific Grove ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Ten Mile Estuary State Marine Conservation Area St. Thomas East End Reserves Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area Ten Mile State Marine Reserve Painted Cave (Santa Cruz Island) State Marine Conservation Area Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area Virginia Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area Trinidad Head ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area Blue Crab Sanctuary Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area Van Damme State Marine Conservation Area Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve Point Arena State Marine Conservation Area Vandenberg State Marine Reserve False Cape State Park Point Arena State Marine Reserve Vizcaino Rock Special Closure Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve Point Buchon State Marine Conservation Area Western Santa Catalina Island ASBS State Water Quality Kiptopeke State Park Point Buchon State Marine Reserve Protection Area Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve Point Cabrillo State Marine Reserve White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area Point Conception State Marine Reserve Washington Point Dume State Marine Conservation Area Florida Admiralty Head Marine Preserve Point Dume State Marine Reserve See National Estuarine Research Reserves, above Argyle Lagoon San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Point Lobos ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Blake Island Underwater Park Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area Hawaii Brackett's Landing Shoreline Sanctuary Conservation Area Point Lobos State Marine Reserve Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve Point Resistance Special Closure Hanauma Bay Marine Life Conservation District Cypress Island Aquatic Reserve Point Reyes Headlands ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Deception Pass Underwater Park Point Reyes Headlands Special Closure Kealakekua Bay Marine Life Conservation District False Bay San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve Point Reyes State Marine Reserve Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District Friday Harbor San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Point St. George Reef Offshore State Marine Conservation Area West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area Haro Strait Special Management Fishery Area Point Sur State Marine Conservation Area Maury Island Aquatic Reserve Point Sur State Marine Reserve Massachussetts Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Point Vicente State Marine Conservation Area Albert Gallatin Exempt Site Orchard Rocks Conservation Area Portugese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area Alice M. Colburn Exempt Site Protection Island Aquatic Reserve Pyramid Point State Marine Conservation Area Alice M. Lawrence Exempt Site San Juan Channel and Upright Channel Special Management Reading Rock State Marine Conservation Area Ardandhu Exempt Site Fishery Area Reading Rock State Marine Reserve Barge and Crane Exempt Site San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve Redwoods National Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection California Exempt Site Shaw Island San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Area Charles S. Haight Exempt Site Smith and Minor Island Aquatic Reserve Redwoods National Park ASBS State Water Quality Protection Chelsea Exempt Site South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Area Chester A. Poling Exempt Site Sund Rock Conservation Area Richardson Rock (San Miguel Island) State Marine Reserve City of Salisbury Exempt Site Yellow and Low Islands San Juan Islands Marine Preserve Robert E. Badham ASBS State Water Quality Protection Area Corvan Exempt Site Zella M. Schultz/Protection Island Seabird Sanctuary