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| The Oregon State Marine Board is Oregon's recreational boating agency. |
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| "The Oregon State Marine Board is Oregon's recreational boating agency, dedicated to safety, education and access in an enhanced environment." |
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The Oregon State Marine Board was established in 1959. The board is Oregon's recreational boating agency, dedicated to safety, education and access in an enhanced environment. The Marine Board returns user fees (marine fuel tax and title and registration fees) to boaters in the form of boating safety educational programs, marine law enforcement and improved boating facilities. The board titles and registers recreational vessels, which currently number more than 195,000. The board also registers outfitters and guides and licenses ocean charterboats. The board establishes statewide boating regulations and contracts with county sheriffs and the Oregon State Police to enforce marine laws. The board provides technical training to marine patrol officers and supplies their equipment. The board also provides grants and engineering services to local governments (cities, counties, park districts, port districts) to develop and maintain accessible boating facilities and protect water quality. The board actively promotes safe and sustainable boating through several programs. The Mandatory Boater Education program, when fully phased in, will require powerboat operators to complete a boating safety course. Sustainable boating campaigns encourage boaters to upgrade to clean-burning marine engines, adopt clean-boating practices and avoid spreading aquatic nuisance species. The board also provides numerous safety publications and access information. |
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 The Marine Board has educational and environmental programs (Aquatic Invasive Species, Clean Boater, Clean Marina) for boaters who are interested in becoming safer boaters and stewards of the environment. We encourage you to investigate these programs further! These programs help protect our waterways from pollution and help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species so the health of our waterways can continue to improve -for everyone's enjoyment.
The Marine Board is sectioned into three main areas within the agency:
1. Boating Safety (Law enforcement operations and boating safety education)
2. Boating Facilities (Access to the water with boarding floats, boat launches, parking, restrooms, etc.)
3. Boat Registration (titling and registering boats, as well as licensing Fishing/Hunting Guides and Outfitters.
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