---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch32"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 32"
heading: "Marine Sanctuaries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch32"
sections_count: 19
---

# Chapter 32 — Marine Sanctuaries

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§1431. Findings, purposes, and policies; establishment of system](/usc/16/1431.md)
- [§1432. Definitions](/usc/16/1432.md)
- [§1433. Sanctuary designation standards](/usc/16/1433.md)
- [§1434. Procedures for designation and implementation](/usc/16/1434.md)
- [§1435. Application of regulations; international negotiations and cooperation](/usc/16/1435.md)
- [§1436. Prohibited activities](/usc/16/1436.md)
- [§1437. Enforcement](/usc/16/1437.md)
- [§1438. Repealed.](/usc/16/1438.md)
- [§1439. Regulations](/usc/16/1439.md)
- [§1440. Research, monitoring, and education](/usc/16/1440.md)
- [§1441. Special use permits](/usc/16/1441.md)
- [§1442. Cooperative agreements, donations, and acquisitions](/usc/16/1442.md)
- [§1443. Destruction or loss of, or injury to, sanctuary resources](/usc/16/1443.md)
- [§1444. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/1444.md)
- [§1445. U.S.S. Monitor artifacts and materials](/usc/16/1445.md)
- [§1445a. Advisory Councils](/usc/16/1445a.md)
- [§1445b. Enhancing support for national marine sanctuaries](/usc/16/1445b.md)
- [§1445c. Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program](/usc/16/1445c.md)
- [§1445c–1. Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program](/usc/16/1445c-1.md)