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 for Boaters
- Boating Safety Classes
- Free Public Awareness Materials: Signs for shoreline property owners, waterproof banners for boaters, a “boating safety packet” including a boat decal and waterproof manatee protection tips card, posters, and brochures. Check them out and get yours today! (You can also request these items by sending an email to education@savethemanatee.org or by calling our toll-free number at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646).)
- Download 2017 Manatee Mortality Statistics, a sheet with statistics from 2017 and past years and information on how to report an injured manatee (pdf). In the last two years, a record number of Florida manatees were killed by watercraft collision and still more sustained non-lethal injuries from watercraft.
Watch Videos:
- Boat Safely with Manatees
- Does This Manatee Need Help?
How to report distressed manatees. - In Danger on the Water
- Manatees and Watercraft
- Manatees and Entanglement
Additional information available from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission:
- Information for Boat, PWC, & Paddle-Sport Operators including Manatee Protection Zones and Speed Zone Maps.
- Get the Online Boating and Angling Guides to Tampa Bay, the Florida Keys, Charlotte Harbor and Nassau and Duval Counties. Digital versions of printed guides for many other areas are also available.