Table 5 



ESTIMATED MILEAGE, BY STATE, OF THE U.S. RECREATION SHORELINE, 



BY TYPE, OWNERSHIP, AND DEVELOPMENT STATUS 



the 30 coastal and Great Lakes States.'" Projec- 

 tions indicate that the number of boating partici- 

 pants will more than double by the year 2000.' ' 

 Safety is the greatest concern in recreational 

 boating. The annual number of major boating 

 accidents has increased 34 per cent in the last five 

 years.' ^ In 1967 over 4,000 accidents involving 

 1,312 deaths were reported by the Coast Guard.' ^ 



Boating Industry Magazine, National Industrial Asso- 

 ciation-National Association of Boat and Engine Manufac- 

 turers, January 1968. The number of boats actually 

 registered in 1967 was 4,458, 893. See Appendix B. 



''Ibid. 



''^Boating Statistics 1967, CG-357. 



' ^Ibid. 



Presently boating regulations are administered 

 as follows: 



-Federal Motorboat Act of 1940 which sets basic 

 boat classes and equipment safety standards' ■* 



-Federal Boating Act 1958 which permits certain 

 State regulation and control" 



—Specific State watercraft regulations which do 

 not require uniformity or national guidelines. 



'^Act of April 25, 1940, as amended, 54 Stat. 163, 46 

 U.S.C. 526-526t. 



"Act of September 2, 1958, as amended, 72 Stat. 

 1754, 46 U.S.C. 5261,o,u, 527-527h. 



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