Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
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d - Human population and current activities
Inhabitants inside the area or in the zone of potential direct impact on the protected area:
| Inside the area | In the zone of potential direct impact | |||
| Permanent | Seasonal | Permanent | Seasonal | |
| Inhabitants | not given | not given | not given | not given |
Comments about the previous table:
No human populations are present near the sanctuary. Workers reside on petroleum production platforms in the region, but only boaters (fishing and diving) come to the sanctuary.
Description of population, current human uses and development:
The sanctuary’s distance from shore limits the number of people that come to the sanctuary.
| Activities | Current human uses | Possible development | Description / comments, if any |
| Tourism | limited | unknown | People only occasionally visit the sanctuary to dive or fish. Estimates are of up to 3000 divers a year visit the sanctuary on commercial dive boats. |
| Fishing | unknown | unknown | The number of recreational and commercial fishers is not known. |
| Agriculture | absent | stable | |
| Industry | absent | stable | |
| Forestry | absent | stable | |
| Others | not specified | not specified |
e - Other relevant features
Educational feature:
The biological habitats have long been of interest to scientists and educators in understanding and telling the story of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Scientific feature:
The biological habitats have long been of interest to scientists and educators in understanding and telling the story of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Research feature:
The biological habitats have long been of interest to scientists and educators in understanding and telling the story of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Historical feature:
The biological habitats have long been of interest to scientists and educators in understanding and telling the story of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Archaeological feature:
The biological habitats have long been of interest to scientists and educators in understanding and telling the story of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.