Environmental Boating - Massachusetts Marine Trades Association

The MMTA fully supports Environmentally Responsible Boating. We welcome your suggestions for additional links on this page.

Go With Clean Fueling Brochure

The Massachusetts Marine Trades Educational Trust received a generous grant from the BoatUS Foundation to create, publish and distribute an educational brochure on Clean Marine Fueling Practices. MMTA members are encouraged to download and reproduce this brochure for your marina customers and new boat owners.

Designed for boaters and marine industry employees alike, this six page brochure includes a Preventative Checklist for Boaters, Special instructions for Personal Watercraft users, Steps to take Prior to and After Fueling, Tips on how to handle portable fuel tanks and safely approach and arrive at a fuel dock, guidelines on handling the transportation of Hazardous Waste Liquids, Spills-Prevention, Containment, Removal and Disposal. Compliments go to brochure author MMTA Director Tina Marie Giambro of Port O Call Television series and brochure layout designer, The Allen Roche Group.

Protect Your Waters - Invasive Species Are Here! Help fight them off!

Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary - The Gerry E. Studds-Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary 's mission is to conserve, protect, and enhance the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and cultural legacy of this 842-square-mile stretch of open water and the seafloor below located at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay.

MA Pump Stations - Locations of All Pumpout Stations in Massachusetts Coastal Waters

Information on Cleaner Boat Engines

USCG - Preventing Small Boat Oil Spills - A Single Quart of Oil can create a two-acre Oil Slick

USCG - Your Boat and the Environment - Sanding, Bottom Cleaning, Fueling, Painting - Learn how to do it right

Save the Harbor / Save the Bay - A Grass-roots Environmental Advocacy Group

MWRA'S Outfall Pipe Monitoring in Mass. Bay - Water Quality Monitoring of the New Sewage Outfall Pipe in Massachusetts Bay

Boston Harbor Association - Chelsea Creek and Boston Harbor Cruises

MA Water Watch Partnership - Providing Assistance to Volunteer Monitoring Groups

Center for Marine Conservation - Committed To Protecting Ocean Environments

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