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The links below will take you to interactive copies of the Boating and Angling Guides to the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys. You will be able to move around the maps, as well as zoom in and out.

You may need to install the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player to view the interactive maps. A copy of the player can be downloaded and installed from Adobe's Web site.
Small image of Upper Keys BAG, Side A

Boating and Angling Guide to the Upper Keys, Side A - North Key Largo from US-1/Card Sound Rd. split to Old Rhodes Key, including Blackwater Sound, Card Sound, and Biscyane Bay. Also shown are Carysfort Reef, the Elbow, Turtle Rocks, and North Dry Rocks.
Small image of Upper Keys BAG, Side B
Boating and Angling Guide to the Upper Keys, Side B - Upper Matecumbe to Key Largo at US-1/Card Sound Rd. split, including Islamorada, Plantation Key, Tavernier, and Key Largo. Grecian Rocks, French Reef, Molasses Reef, Conch Reef, and Alligator Reef are also shown.


Small image of Middle Keys BAG, Side A


Boating and Angling Guide to the Middle Keys, Side A - Little Duck Key to Grassy Key, including Marathon,Key Colony Beach, Sombrero Reef, and Coffins Patch.
Small image of Middle Keys BAG, Side B

Boating and Angling Guide to the Middle Keys, Side B - Key Colony Beach to Lower Matecumbe, including Marathon, Key Colony Beach, Duck Key, and Long Key. Also shown are Coffins Patch and Tennessee Reef.
Small image of Lower Keys BAG, Side A

Boating and Angling Guide to the Lower Keys, Side A - Eastern Marquesas Keys to Bog Coppitt Key. Shown here are Key West; Stock Island; Boca Chica; Eastern and Western Dry Rocks; Sand Key; Eastern, Middle, and Western Sambo;and Pelican Shoal.
Small image of Lower Keys BAG, Side B

Boating and Angling Guide to the Lower Keys, Side B - Shark Key to Little Duck Key. Map covers Saddlebuch Keys, Sugarloaf Key, Cudjoe Key, Summerland Key, Ramrod Key, Big Pine Key, and Bahia Honda Key are shown in addtion to Looe Key, American and Maryland Shoals, and West Washerwoman.

If you are out snorkeling, diving, fishing, paddling, or boating and see anything that may be unusual or out of the ordinary (including lionfish) in the waters around the Keys , please record the location, date, and time, and contact the Marine Ecosystem Event Response and Assessment (MEERA) project. They can be reached by phone (305-395-8730), e-mail, or online.

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