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Boaters: Watch for Manta Rays

This educational signage is designed to inform boaters about the threatened giant manta rays, particularly focusing on their nursery habitat located off the coast of southeast Florida. It offers crucial information to help prevent boat strikes and report giant manta ray sightings.
September 25, 2025 -
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray Boat-Based Angler Guidance

This guidance provides recreational anglers with instructions on how to prevent interactions with manta rays during boating and fishing activities, and how to report any sightings.
September 25, 2025 -
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray Shoreline and Shark Angler Handling and Release Guidance

This guidance provides instructions for shoreline and shark anglers on the proper handling and release of giant manta rays that are accidentally caught while fishing from the shoreline.
September 25, 2025 -
Southeast

Protected Marine Species Identification Guide Southeast United States

This guide is intended for use by mariners in the identification and reporting of threatened and endangered marine species in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean.
September 03, 2025 -
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray Handling and Release Procedures for Hook and Line Gears

Follow these procedures to safely release giant manta ray. The giant manta ray is protected under the ESA and should not be targeted by fishermen. If caught they must released in a manner that will promote their survival after any interaction.
December 08, 2021 -
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray Release Guidance for Shrimp Fisheries

The guidelines describe procedures for releasing a large ray from a shrimp trawl and how to report the incident.
June 25, 2021 -
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray and Devil Ray Fishery Observer ID Guide

This guide is intended to assist fishery observers in the visual identification of giant manta rays and other large ray species that occur in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
September 19, 2019 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast

Giant Manta Ray and Devil Ray Aerial Survey ID Guide

This is an aerial survey identification guide for giant manta ray and devil rays. This guide is intended to assist aerial survey observers in the visual identification of the giant manta ray and several other large ray species that occur within the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
September 19, 2019 -
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
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