Personal Watercraft Management Guide

The Personal Watercraft Management Guide serves as a reference handbook for the diverse array of individuals, agencies and communities involved in PWC management. It targets a large audience and provides instruction on assessing and managing PWC-related environmental impacts. Moreover, it offers a framework by which to evaluate individual PWC management efforts and, if used by communities sharing a given body of water, it potentially enhances the consistency and compatibility of concurrent management efforts. Although the Guide focuses primarily on marine and estuarine environments, most of the information it presents is also applicable to freshwater systems.

Complete Guide
PWC Management Guide (PDF, 810 KB)

By Chapter
Letter from the Secretary of Environmental Affairs, Table of Contents and Executive Summary (PDF, 329 KB)

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION (PDF, 221 KB)

CHAPTER TWO: IMPACTS OF RECREATIONAL BOATING & PWC USE (PDF, 511 KB)

CHAPTER THREE: POTENTIAL PWC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (PDF, 415 KB)

CHAPTER FOUR: CREATING PWC POLICY (PDF, 247 KB)

APPENDICES (PDF, 371 KB)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (PDF, 92 KB)