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Vessel Registration Levels for Great Barrier Reef Coastal Communities

This site contains a summary of the recreational vessel registrations for the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area. The 17 Local Government Areas (LGA) contained within the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area. The information presented on this site is based on data from Queensland Transport.

Registration information is available from December 2001 for:

1. All recreational vessels The combined total of motorboats, speedboats (including personal watercraft) and sailboats.
2. Motorboats A boat, without a sail, that is:
1. a displacement hulled boat and/or
2. a boat with an engine capacity between 3.0 and 4.5 kwbp.
3. Sailboats A boat with a sail.
4. Speedboats A vessel without a sail that is solely powered by a motor in excess of 4.5kwbp, being either:
1. a boat with a planing or non-displacement hull capable of travelling in excess of 10 knots; or
2. a Personal Watercraft.
5. Personal Watercraft also termed "jetskis"

Note that Queensland Transport provide this data on an irregular basis. Data is provided for certain months only.

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Note: The following table lists the total vessels registered and recorded 'as of' the following months, it does not reflect how many more vessels were registered in a corresponding month. Date Registered Vessels Dec-01 58819 Feb-02 59116 Mar-02 59838 Sep-02 61345 Oct-02 61620 Dec-02 62301 Mar-03 62637 May-03 63235 Jun-03 63423 Jul-03 63579 Aug-03 63781 Oct-03 64254 Dec-03 64840 Jan-04 64937 Feb-04 65028 Mar-04 65154 Apr-04 65556 May-04 65694 Jun-04 65833 Aug-04 66314 Sep-04 66735 Nov-04 67323 Jul-05 69474 Nov-05 70677 Dec-05 71167 Feb-06 71786 Apr-06 72257 Jun-06 72766 Jul-06 73109 Aug-06 73431 Sep-06 73884 Oct-06 74368 Jun-07 77036 Sep-07 78065 Dec-07 79383 Mar-08 78933 Jun-08 79903 Sep-08 80818 Dec-08 81795 Apr-09 82013 Jun-09 82601 Sep-09 83314 Dec-09 84139 Mar-10 84138 Jun-10 84388 Sep-10 84929 Dec-10 85675 Mar-11 85611 Jun-11 86260 Sep-11 86831 Oct-11 87060 Nov-11 87291 Dec-11 87549 Sep-12 89121 Nov-12 89847 Dec-12 90157 Source: Queensland Transport	Graph Options Vessel Type:  - All Vessels -JetskiMotorboatSailboatSpeedboat Length Group:  - All Lengths -Up to 3.0m3.01 - 4.0m4.01 - 4.5m4.51 - 5.0m5.01 - 6.0m6.01 - 8.0m8.01 - 10.0m10.01 - 12.0m12.01 - 15.0m15.01 - 18.0m18.01 - 25.0mOver 25.0mNo Lengths (Jetski) LGA: BANANA SHIRE COUNCILBUNDABERG REGIONAL COUNCILBURDEKIN SHIRE COUNCILCAIRNS REGIONAL COUNCILCASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL COUNCILCENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL COUNCILCHARTERS TOWERS REGIONAL COUNCILCOOK SHIRE COUNCILGLADSTONE REGIONAL COUNCILHINCHINBROOK SHIRE COUNCILISAAC REGIONAL COUNCILMACKAY REGIONAL COUNCILNORTH BURNETT REGIONAL COUNCILROCKHAMPTON REGIONAL COUNCILTABLELANDS REGIONAL COUNCILTOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCILWHITSUNDAY REGIONAL COUNCIL (Hold Ctrl for multiselect)   All: From: To:      [Selecting no LGAS defaults to all.]