- March 6, 2025
Boaters will need to ease up on the throttle when they navigate the Intracoastal Waterway in Flagler County beginning May 1.
Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be out in force May 1 through May 5, educating and issuing warnings to boaters who violate speed limits in three newly established manatee zones along the Intracoastal Waterway in Flagler County.
“It’s important that boaters travelling along the Intracoastal Waterway understand where the new manatee zones are and that the new speed limitations have been established for their safety as well as for the protection of these marvelous creatures,” Sheriff Jim Manfre said in a statement.
The State of Florida created new manatee zones with the hope of protecting manatees from harmful collisions with vessels. Additional information and maps of the newly created manatee zones can be found on the Sheriff’s Office website at www.myfcso.us/marine-patrol.aspx and on the FWC’s website myfwc.com.
For the zones, click here.
