Community Information

• Town of Nantucket
• Nantucket Chamber Commerce - www.nantucketchamber.org
• Nantucket Harbor Cam
• Nantucket Historical Association
• Yesterday's Island, Today's Nantucket - The weekly newspaper for Nantucket Island
• Economic Information - Nantucket, Massachusetts

Maps

• Google Map and Driving Directions - Harbormaster Office Nantucket, Massachusetts

Marine Info

• Search the Web for Nantucket Harbormaster
• Waterfront Crime Watch
• Mariner's Guide - Nantucket, MA
• Nantucket Estuaries Project - Nantucket, MA
• Scallop Season - Nantucket, MA

Weather

• The Weather Channel - Nantucket, MA (02554)
• Weather Underground - Nantucket, Massachusetts Forecast
• Tide Charts - Massachusetts Tides

Island Ferries

• The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority - to Nantucket/Hyannis
• Freedom Ferry - Harwichport to Nantucket
• Hi-Line - Hyannis to Nantucket

Yacht Clubs & Marinas

• Nantucket Marine - Nantucket, MA
• Nantucket Yacht Club - Nantucket, MA
  
  

Five Primary Areas of Responsibility of the Harbormaster

1. Harbor Management: Operate the Town's 60 slip marina, seasonal transient slips and pump out facilities. Permit and inspect 1250 private moorings, negotiate and monitor the 125 rental mooring contract. Perform search and rescue missions, fire fighting and oil spill response throughout all waters of Nantucket. Deploy and maintain 52 navigational aids. Make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen for competing uses of harbor water resource areas.

2. Law Enforcement: Enforce state and local boating laws, safety regulations, boat registration, jetskis, speeding. Enforce fisheries (three mile limit) and shellfishing state and local laws, Issue 1800 non-commercial shellfish permits, patrol and regulate 100 commercial bay scallop boats for a five month season. Post and patrol all areas open/closed to shellfishing.

3. Water Quality: Maximize the number of non-commercial and commercial shellfish beds open to the public. Perform water sampling and analysis for all waters of Nantucket including Tukernuck and Muskeget Islands. Maintain parameters outlined for the continuance of a Federal No-Discharge Zone with emphasis on education and enforcement, Coordinate Title V sampling with the Health Department to reduce the number of septic sources of pollution. Monitor single source and ground water run off pollution points.

4. Beach-Pond Management: Hire, train and supervise a seasonal staff of (34) lifeguards to protect the guarded Town beaches, Rescue individuals endangered while swimming, provide first aid and coordinate missing person searches with other agencies. Continuously check barrier beaches for marine mammal stranding events and monitor areas for endangered species prior to pond opening and dredging activities. Issue beach stickers and provide educational materials to individuals driving on the authorized beaches. Monitor the great ponds in support of home rule legislation. Maintain or improve natural habitat for indigenous species.

5. Support-Maintenance: Provide technical assistance to state and local agencies upon request in the development of recommendations for environmental issues. Review RFP's, ENF's, EIR's of selected project areas of critical concern. Maintain department buildings, piers, boats and equipment, year round basis. Develop bid specifications and coordinate grant awards and monitor contract performance. (NREP, Aquafarm, EOCD, FEMA and major repairs to department structures)

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