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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Links and Information..

Flower Garden Banks was designated as a National Sanctuary on January 17, 1992; Stetson Bank was added in October, 1996. It ia located approximately 110 miles south of the Texas / Louisiana border, the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary includes three banks: East Flower Garden, West Flower Garden, and Stetson. The Banks are perched atop salt domes rising above the ocean floor. The Flower Garden Banks harbor the northernmost coral reefs in the United States. Although not as biologically diverse as most tropical reefs, they are regional reservoirs of shallow-water Caribbean reef fishes and invertebrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Stetson Bank, 30 miles closer to shore, is a clay/siltstone bank dominated by sponges and fire coral. It supports an extraordinary fish community but is not a coral reef.

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1026 Blue Water Highway
Surfside Beach, Texas 77541
Dennis and Missy Ashley
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