Fishing News
City Studies Ways To Slow Boats On Hillsborough River
By Sean Lengell [email protected]
TAMPA - Navigating the Hillsborough River through Tampa requires a keen eye on the water and a quick hand on the throttle.
Motorboaters face routine encounters with canoeists, scullers and even manatees. And a maze of varying speed limits can be frustrating and confusing, even for experienced boaters.
So city officials are studying ways to improve boating conditions on the river, particularly how best to regulate motorboat speeds.
Tampa City Council hosted a workshop on the matter last week, soliciting advice from state marine officials and comments from the public.
To the council's surprise, Capt. Alan Richard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's coordinator of boating safety and waterway management, told them they had created some no-wake zones without permission.
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