DIVISION OF PORTS AND HARBORSPORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Captain Geno J. Marconi, Port Director

DIVISION’S RESPONSIBILITIES

The management, maintenance, operation and maritime security of:• The state’s only deep water, public access, general cargo marine terminal• Passenger/ferry, commercial fishing and recreational vessel facilities in

Portsmouth, Rye and Hampton Harbors• Permitting of moorings and placement of aids to navigation in tidal waters• Licensing of harbor, river and docking pilots• Maintaining and dredging channels, harbors and anchorages• Establishing and maintaining Foreign-Trade Zones in New Hampshire• Management of a Revolving Loan Fund for commercial fishermen

REVOLVING LOAN FUND

•Long term, low interest loans

•Sustainability of the industry

•Gear, Electronics, Vessels, Equipment, Permits

FOREIGN-TRADE ZONESGeneral Purpose Sites:• Market Street Marine Terminal• Portsmouth Industrial Park• Dover Industrial Park• Manchester Airport• Pease International TradeportManufacturing Subzones:• Westinghouse Electric,

Newington• Millipore Corporation, Jaffery

DREDGING

• Sponsoring agency for public dredging projects and holds the NH Wetlands permits for public dredging projects

• Hampton/Seabrook anchorages are 100% the responsibility of the state

• Federal maintenance projects are 100% federal funds• Federal expansion projects are cost shared with New Hampshire PROJECTS ARE DEPENDENT ON STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING

PILOTAGE A pilot is a licensed merchant mariner, who by qualification

and experience, is licensed by the US Coast Guard to act as a pilot (guide) aboard vessels transiting local waters designated as the “Pilotage Area”

A pilot must have experience and knowledge of the handling

characteristics of the various vessels which may from time to time transit the pilotage area

Foreign flagged vessels and vessels over 10,000 gross tons require a federal pilot

PILOTAGE (CONTINUED)

Federal regulation further allows that a “Local Authority” may set more restrictive but not conflicting, pilotage regulations

The State of New Hampshire has designated that the Division shall adopt regulations relative to the licensing of pilots

FEDERAL REQUIREMENT – 12 round trips, 2 must be in the dark

STATE REQUIREMENTS – 100 round trips, 25 in the dark, under the direction of a licensed state pilot

Currently there are 4 licensed CLASS I State Pilots

HARBOR MANAGEMENT

Chief and Deputy Chief Harbor Masters are responsible for:• Permitting of moorings in tidal waters• Enforcement of mooring regulations• Maintaining waitlists for moorings• Permitting, placement and maintenance of non-federal nav-aids

HARBOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)

1,500 Tidal moorings in areas adjacent to 13 communities Local harbor masters for the following areas:• Seabrook Harbor – 79 moorings• Hampton Harbor – 197 moorings• Rye Harbor and Gosport Harbor – 188 moorings• Portsmouth Harbor, Little Harbor, Sagamore Creek and the Back Channel – 506

moorings• The Piscatatqua, Cocheco, Bellamy, Oyster Rivers, Little and Great Bays – 474

moorings• The Lamprey, Squamscott and Exeter Rivers – 40 moorings 395 COMMERCIAL MOORINGS IN STATE TIDAL WATERS

COMMERCIAL PIERS AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES

3 Commercial piers:• Portsmouth Commercial Fish Pier• Rye Harbor Marine Facility• Hampton Harbor Marine Facility

PORTSMOUTH COMMERCIAL FISH PIER• Commercial fishing activities only• 55 commercial fishing vessels• 25 overnight berthing• Retail sale of fuel and ice

RYE HARBOR MARINE FACILITY

Mixed uses• 33 Commercial fishing vessels permitted• 17 passenger vessels permitted • 7 fishing “shacks”• 7,345 vehicles parked• 1,495 vessels launched• 45 summer vessel storage and 34 winter vessel storage• Retail sale of fuel

HAMPTON HARBOR MARINE FACILITY

Mixed uses• 33 commercial fishing vessels permitted• 11 passenger vessels permitted• 7 fishing “shacks” • 10,110 vehicles parked• 2,855 vessels launched• 25 winter vessel storage• Retail sale of fuel

MARKET STREET MARINE TERMINAL

BURGE WHARF & BARKER WHARFIsles of Shoals Steamship Co - Ferry to Isles of ShoalsShoals Marine LaboratoryStar Island CorporationNortheast Charter CaptainsNH Fish & Game, DES & DOT

CARGO TERMINAL600’ Berth w 35’ MLW320’ Berth w 22’ MLW

New Hampshire’s Terminal

Deep water

General cargo

General use

Public access (security limitations)

SECURITY DOCK• City of Portsmouth Fire Boat• Harbor Master Boats• Emergency responders

PUBLIC EVENTSTall ships

DIVISION OF PORTS AND HARBORSManage New Hampshire’s marine resources

Stimulate the economy and create jobs