The Manatee Protection Plan Review Committee met on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Overtown Transit Village North. For more information, please contact DERM at 305-372-6864.
 In October 2007, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 07-144, which established the Manatee Protection Plan Review Committee. The Committee consists of 14 Miami-Dade residents, each appointed by a Commissioner or the Mayor of Miami-Dade County.
According to Sec. 2-626 of the Ordinance, the purpose of the Committee is to provide advisory recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners as to the need for amendments, revisions and additions to the 1995 Miami-Dade County Manatee Protection Plan, consistent with manatee protection regulations as may be proposed or adopted by the State of Florida. The Committee is required to conduct public meetings no less than quarterly for a period of 18 months from the effective date of Ordinance No. 07-144.
All of these documents are presented in Adobe Acrobat  format.
Ordinance 07-144 Creating the Manatee Protection Plan Review Committee
Miami-Dade County Manatee Protection Plan (02/1996) (6.5 MB)
Manatee Protection Plan Review Committee Members
DERM Data Summary Report -- July 2009 (5 MB)
Manatee Protection Background Information
How does boat traffic affect the manatee population in Miami-Dade County? 
The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science prepared the following study on this subject.
Additional Background Information
Calleson & Frohlich 2007 Slow Speed Paper
Rommel et al 2007 Forensic Methods on Manatees
FWC Guidelines for Facility Siting Data Needs 0907
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