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Old 02-25-2016, 01:36 PM   #12
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In Puget Sound, virtually all mooring buoys need to have a permit by the Washington Dept of Natural Resources (DNR). Any moorings that don't have the permit as illegal. Most mooring in Puget Sound are illegal but enforcement is difficult. Generally, DNR responds to complaints, ie you put a mooring in front of another persons property, have an abandoned vessel attached to it, or it impedes navigation in some way.

One of DNRs concerns is how the chain from moorings scours the sea floor, damaging eelgrass and kelp beds. These are important for continued fish habitat so DNR is encouraging (requiring?) the use of all rope moorings with a mid-line float to keep the line from rubbing along the seabed. These would need to be dived on for maintenance much more frequently than the old "hunk of concrete and chain" moorings which are so common.
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