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