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Publication #TP 107

A Recreational Boater-Based Method for Re-designing the NOS Small-Craft Chart1

Gustavo Antonini, Niels West, Charles Sidman, Robert Swett2

Abstract

Today, NOAA's small-craft charts are being used in ways that could not be envisioned when these charts were first produced. This project was designed to determine chart information which would satisfy criteria for safe, modern navigation and promote environmental stewardship. A prototype chart was produced by NOAA's Marine Chart Division in collaboration with the University of Florida Sea Grant Program and NOAA's Coastal Services Center, the design based on recommendations from boaters and marine industry representatives. It covers the southwest Florida coast from lower Tampa Bay to Charlotte Harbor.

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Footnotes

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This is a publication of the Florida Sea Grant College Program, supported by the National Sea Grant College Program of the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under NOAA Grant # NA76RG-0120. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of these agencies.

Originally published as TP 107, December 2000. Reviewed March 2009.

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Gustavo Antonini, deceased, Florida Sea Grant and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, PO Box 110405, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0405.

Niels West, Retired - Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs, Department of Marine Affairs, Washburn Hall, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881; NIELSMAF@uriacc.uri.edu .

Charles Sidman, Florida Sea Grant and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, PO Box 110405, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0405; csidman@ufl.edu.

Robert Swett, Florida Sea Grant and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, PO Box 110405, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0405; rswett@ufl.edu

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