An evaluation of the acceptance of Michigan's Clean Marina Program by harbormasters of Michigan's state harbors.

摘要

The goal of this study was to understand the importance of the Clean Marina Program (CMP), a voluntary program designed to protect coastal water quality, to the harbormasters of Michigan's state harbors, as designated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). A self-administered mail survey was designed and administered to the 86 harbormasters of the DNR-designated harbors in September 2007. While approximately 70% of the harbormasters reported having some knowledge of the CMP, only 10 harbors had the CMP designation. Overall, harbormasters indicated a strong desire to have clean water at their harbors and demonstrated an interest in the CMP. To improve information dissemination to harbormasters, it is recommended that the DNR harbormaster mailing listed be updated on a regular basis and the Michigan Boating Industry Association conduct a CMP informational letter writing campaign to DNR harbormasters. It is further recommended that the certification process be available to harbormasters on-line and a CMP advisory committee be established to help with implementation of the CMP in Michigan.