Manatee Protection Tips for Boaters

Photo © David Schrichte

There are many things you can do to help protect manatees from
a watercraft collision or other human-related injuries:

• Call to Report an Injured Manatee
  
  
• Manatee Protection Tips and Free Brochures
  
  
• Boating Safety Classes
  
  
• Observe the Signs
  
  
• Free Boat Safely Packet For Florida Boaters
  Contains a waterproof decal and manatee protection tips card
  
  
• Free Banners Available for Florida Boaters
  
  
• Free Signs and Decals Available for
  Florida Shoreline Property Owners and Boaters
  
  
• Download 2011 Manatee Mortalties, a sheet with statistics from 2011 and information on how to report an injured manatee (pdf).

Additional information available from the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission:

• Information on Manatee Protection Zones and Speed Zone Maps

• Free Boating & Angling Guides (print versions)

• Get the Online Boating and Angling Guides to Tampa Bay, the Florida Keys, and Charlotte Harbor. A digital Boating and Angling Guide to Flagler and St. Johns Counties is also available.