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COMDTINST 16004.4A
19 JUN 2018
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 16004.4A
COAST GUARD OPERATIONS AND FEDERAL MARINE PROTECTED AREA
PROGRAMS
(a) Coast Guard Publication 1, February 2014
(b) Executive Order 13158, Marine Protected Areas, 26 May 2000
(c) Executive Order 13547, Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great
Lakes, 19 July 2010
(d) National Marine Sanctuaries Act: Title 16 U.S. Code section 1431 et seq.
(e) U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Law Enforcement Manual (MLEM), COMDTINST
M16247.1 (series) (FOUO)
(f) Committee Management Policies and Procedurecs, COMDTINST 5420.37 (series)
(g) American Antiquities Act of 1906: Title 54 U.S. Code, sections 320301- 320303
(h) Coast Guard Standard Operational Planning Process/Global Force Management,
COMDTINST 3120.4 (series)
(i) Operational Reporting, COMDTINST M3123.13 (series)
(j) Protected Living Marine Resources Program, COMDTINST 16475.7 (series)
(k) Proclaimation 9496, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National
Monument, 15 September 2016
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction is to guide Coast Guard involvement in federal marine protected
areas.
2. ACTION. All Coast Guard Area, District, and unit commanders, commanding officers,
officers-in-charge, assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must
comply with the provisions of this Instruction. Internet release is authorized.
United States Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7516
2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Washington, D.C. 20593-7516
Staff Symbol: CG-MLE-4
Phone: (202) 372-2186
Fax: (202) 372-8362
Email: Steven.M.Tucker@uscg.mil
