Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
11-2000
Series
Virginia Marine Resource Report No. 2000-11
Abstract
In an effort to support Virginia's application for federal grant funds under the Department of Interior's "Boating Infrastructure Grant Program" (Grants), the Marina Technical Advisory Program (MT AP) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has undertaken assessment of the state's recreational boating infrastructure needs.1 A total of $32 million has been authorized over four years to fund this new program. It is designed to help states develop and maintain facilities for transient non-trailerable (26' and over) recreational boats. The Virginia Department of Health (VDOH) is providing overall leadership in the Boating Infrastructure Grants process supported by the The Virginia Sea Grant Program in completion of this needs assessment. The completion of a boating infrastructure needs assessment, in furtherance of the states eventual application, was to follow the guidelines for surveys and survey instruments presented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in their proposed final regulations published January 20, 2000. The survey was to be conducted in a way that included facility providers that serve boats of 26'in length and over and facilities that serve boats of less than 26'. In view of the fact that initially it was not known which marinas - or how many - included the two groups, a single survey instrument was considered the most efficient and was drafted to follow the "Grants" Proposed Rule and associated survey document found in the Federal Register. The survey instrument included the required questions for both size classes of boats. The selection of marinas to be surveyed began with the evaluation of a list of marinas in Virginia provided by VDOH. The list was further evaluated and sorted to contain marinas located in zip codes corresponding to Tidewater Virginia. The focus upon the coastal and estuarine region permitted evaluation of the most extensive component of the marinas sector in Virginia, and that region with potentially the greatest demand for growth in transient boater access.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5FJ2P
Keywords
Boating, Recreation, Virginia
Publication Statement
Completed on behalf of the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health Services and the Virginia Sea Grant College Program
Recommended Citation
Murray, T. J. (2000) Virginia Marina Needs Assessment: Summary Statistics. Virginia Marine Resource Report No. 2000-11. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5FJ2P
