Overflight Regulations for the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuaries

Summary

NOAA is updating regulations for the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuaries, requiring motorized aircraft to maintain minimum altitudes above specified locations within the sanctuaries. Failure to comply with these altitude limits is considered a disturbance to marine mammals and seabirds, and a violation of sanctuary regulations.