IntroductionGraeme Davis, Chief Ranger, Port Phillip and Western Port

Jo Richards, Manager Moorings and Berths

Hampton Swing Moorings

Parks Victoria – Local Port Manager

Parks Victoria is the Local Port Manager for:

• Port Phillip• Western Port• Patterson River• Port Campbell

Parks Victoria – Local Port Manager

Parks Victoria’s role includes:• Facilitating more than 73.5

million bays and river visits.• Overseeing commercial

activities such as berthing and moorings.

• Managing more than $300m worth of maritime infrastructure including piers, jetties and navigation aids.

Parks Victoria – Port & Waterways Manager

Parks Victoria’s role includes:• Coordinating hundreds of

marine based events per year.• Assisting other government

agencies with emergency response on the bays.

• Protecting natural and cultural values while meeting visitor needs.

Moorings and Berths

Berths

127 at 9 locations

Moorings

2000 managed by PV

1000 managed by 11 agents

Hampton Swing MooringsCurrent Situation

 

52 Authorised Moorings at Hampton, held by 46 individuals – some with multiple moorings.

In the last 18 months Parks Victoria has received10 documented reports of concerns about inadequate swing room.

In a meeting with HSMA in 2011 overcrowding was identified as a key issue.

Hampton Swing Moorings

Current Situation

The mooring ground is “tight” with swing rooms having been reduced due to a range of issues, including a tendency for larger boats, moorings being shifted and sand encroachment.

Parks Victoria’s Plan

To reduce the number of moorings by 8 – 10 so as to free up some space to allow for the reconfiguration of the mooring ground.

Timing will depend on two things:

1.Time it takes to achieve reduction in moorings.

2.Opportunities for funding.

Hampton Swing Moorings

Achieving Reduction• Compliance• Temporary halt of transfers. If a mooring holder no longer

wants their mooring it should be relinquished.• If you do not have a boat registered to the mooring, it will be

cancelled.

(similar strategy has reduced RMYS moorings

from 140 to 60 over the last few years)

Hampton Swing Moorings

Compliance requirements for the Mooring Authority.

• Payment of annual mooring fee• Annual Mooring Tackle Inspection Report• No Illegal vessel on mooring• General compliance to Port Management Act 1995.

 

Hampton Swing MooringsIssue Action

Step 1 Fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the Authority

Send advisory letter giving 14 days to rectify

Step 2 If the breach of the terms and conditions continues then there are grounds to cancel the authority

The mooring holder is given written notice that states: (i) grounds for the cancellation;(ii) the reasons for that opinion; and(iii the holder of the authority may make written submission in response to the notice within 14 days of the notice

Cancellation letter sent. Direction to remove tackle and vessel.

The vessel continues to occupy the mooring without an authority.

Step 1 Vessel continues to be moored with no authority

Parks Victoria tags vessel and directs owner to move vessel and tackle

Step 2 Vessel continues to moor without an authority

Parks Victoria acts in accordance with legislation to seize the vessel and mooring

Hampton Swing MooringsSummary

 

1. 100% compliant - no problem.2. Compliant moorings sites will be relocated to

provide a similar environment, where possible.3. Non-compliant holders will be cancelled and

vessel/mooring removed4. PV has overall control and authority