A bill to require the establishment of marine sanctuaries and to prohibit the depositing of any harmful materials therein.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides that the Secretary of the Interior acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall establish as marine sanctuaries those portions of the navigable waters above the Outer Continental Shelf as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and those portions of the submerged lands beneath the navigable waters and beneath the waters above the Outer Continental Shelf which he determines should be preserved and protected as necessary to a balanced marine ecology and in particular those waters and submerged lands areas necessary in connection with the mating or spawning of species of fish, shellfish, and marine animal and plant life. Prescribes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each offense for discharging any sewage or other waste into any of the waters or submerged lands designated as a marine sanctuary under this Act.…