Anchoring & Mooring


Pilot Program

The pilot program is intended to explore potential options for regulating the anchoring or mooring of non-live-aboard vessels outside the marked boundaries of public mooring fields. The goals of the pilot program are to encourage the establishment of additional public mooring fields and to promote the establishment and use of public mooring fields; promote public access to the waters of this state; enhance navigational safety; protect maritime infrastructure; protect the marine environment; and deter improperly stored, abandoned or derelict vessels.

Selected Participants

City of St. Augustine
City of Stuart/Martin County
City of St. Petersburg
City of Sarasota
Monroe County/Marathon/Key West

Archived Information



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