Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

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We encourage public interaction and communication about the content we post on our social media accounts. However, this does not imply that NOAA Fisheries agrees with or accepts the content, opinions, or views expressed within any public comment. While social media accounts provide an open forum, we expect that conversations will be courteous. Please remember that you are fully responsible for the content of your comments.

NOAA Fisheries does not discriminate against any views, but we reserve the right to delete any comment. A comment will not be edited or modified to remove unacceptable content; the entire comment will simply be deleted. We may remove comments that are:

-Abusive, violent, obscene,
-Profane, hateful, or racist
-Threatening, harassing, or sexually explicit
-Clearly off topic
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-Inappropriate or offensive
-Suggestive or encouraging of illegal activity
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-Libel, slander, or personal attacks of any kind, including the use of offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups
-Spam, including content that promotes products or services or contains gratuitous links (links or references to other NOAA webpages or federal government sites are acceptable)
-Political campaigning or lobbying

Copyrighted and other proprietary material should not be posted or submitted in any form unless permission to do so is clearly indicated. In posting your own comments or other's work, as a commenter you grant NOAA Fisheries and anyone else viewing NOAA Fisheries' social media accounts irrevocable permission to copy, distribute, make derivatives, display or perform your commentary publicly and free-of-charge.

To protect your privacy, please do not include any information in your comment ( , your email address or phone number) that could be used to identify you.

In short, please be respectful of others. Do not abuse the privilege of participating in our public, family-friendly forums. Repeat violators of these guidelines risk being blocked from commenting.

Please note that the appearance of external links, advertisements, political opinions, or other posts do not constitute endorsement or that of the Government.

NOAA Fisheries, part of the Department of Commerce, uses various third-party social media services for outreach. Use of these social media services may require a membership that subjects users to policies, requirements, or rules beyond the control of the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce does not endorse members in a particular social media service and takes no responsibility for any content that may be posted by other users. Communications made through social media services will not, in any way, constitute a legal or official notice to the Department of Commerce or any of its entities, officials, or employees.