Boating

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• Respect Wildlife

  Long Island Sound is home to seals, sea turtles and migrating shore birds and is occasionally visited by dolphins, porpoises and whales. It is important to enjoy wildlife from a distance.

• Cleaning Tips For Your Boat

  For most invasive species, you can use hot or salt water to clean your equipment.

• Preparing Your Boat for A Hurricane

  By now you have probably made the decision to pull your boat or secure it at your dock or marina. There is still time to take some extra precautions.

• Boat Registration

  Connecticut law requires that all boats with motors, regardless of size, and sailboats powered by sail alone, 19 1/2 feet or longer in length, be registered and numbered before launching.

• Better Boating in Connecticut

  Better Boating in CT shows about fun, safe and clean boating.

• Boat Registration/ Abandoned Boats

  Information on Connecticut boat registration and abandoned boats.

• Connecticut Boaters Guide

  The Connecticut Boater's Guide is a handbook of boating laws and regulations, registration information and guidelines for safe operation.

• Boating and Paddling

  Connecticut’s hundreds of lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, as well as Long Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound offer a variety of recreational opportunities for the boating enthusiast. Long considered one of the nations most beautiful places to boat, Connecticut brings diversity to the water.

• Boating Classes

• Helpful Contacts

  Contacts telephone numbers to be used in the event of an environmental emergency.

• Boat Hull Maintenance

  Sanding and scraping your boat can release noxious paint into the air and water. Dust particles can irritate your lungs and eyes and can also affect the health and reproduction systems of fish, birds, crabs and other marine life.

• Reducing Hazardous Waste

  Hazardous materials are found in many materials used to clean and operate your boat. However, using these products is often more out of habit than necessity.

• Marine Debris, Trash, Garbage and Fish Waste

  Floating debris and solid objects may result in structural damage to boats or mechanical failures. Garbage in the water or washed up on the beach is unsightly and can injure or kill birds, fish, marine turtles and mammals.

• Connecticuts Clean Marina Program Home

  Description: As a companion to the Clean Marina Program, the Clean Boater Program encourages the state?s boaters to learn about and use clean boating techniques.

• Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Nuisance Species

  Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) are invading coastal and inland waters. More than 50 non-native and 40 species that may not be native have been identified in Long Island Sound. Boaters can unwittingly play a role in spreading ANS.