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Maritime safety incident statistics

Maritime Safety Victoria2018-19 Annual Report

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Contents

Maritime safety incident statistics........................................................................................1Contents...............................................................................................................................3

Introduction.............................................................................................................................4About this report...................................................................................................................4Key findings..........................................................................................................................4

Reporting requirements in Victoria.......................................................................................4Explanatory notes..................................................................................................................5

Marine incident definition......................................................................................................5Data definitions.....................................................................................................................5

Additional incident data definitions.......................................................................................8Maritime fatalities and serious injuries................................................................................9

Fatalities...............................................................................................................................9Serious injuries...................................................................................................................10

Marine incidents - recreational............................................................................................11Recreational incidents by incident type..............................................................................12

Recreational incidents by waterway...................................................................................14Recreational disablements..................................................................................................16Marine incidents - commercial............................................................................................17

Commercial incidents by incident type...............................................................................18

Commercial incidents by waterway....................................................................................19Incidents by waterway type and location...........................................................................20Recreational Vessel Registrations......................................................................................23


Introduction

About this reportThis report provides an overview of the marine incidents that occurred in Victoria during the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

The report provides commentary, analysis and trending for this year’s incidents and how this compares with incidents of the three previous years.

Key findings During the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 ten marine fatalities resulted from nine

(9) recreational vessel incidents (includes one double fatality) and one commercial vessel incident.

Fatalities have increased 31.58 per cent compared with the average of the three preceding years.

Of the fatalities, one involved a kayak, one involved a windsurfer, one involved a capsized half cabin, one involved a half cabin hitting a snorkeler, one involved a person overboard from a yacht, and four involved open vessels (three over 4.8 m and one 3.5 m vessel).

All the deceased were male ranging in age from 5 to 74 years, the average age of the deceased was 42 years.

There were 12 incidents that resulted in serious injury this season, a decrease of 38.96 per cent compared with the average of the three preceding years.

Of the 12 serious injury incidents, three incidents involved open vessels towing skiers, wake boarders or tubes and three involved personal watercraft, two involved commercial vessels.

Of the 1398 incidents this season, 1195 persons raised the alarm by phone, 110 unrecorded, 7 by flares, 46 by marine radio, 31 through visual sightings, and 9 other.

There were 23 commercial marine incidents in 2018-19, a 41.48 per cent decrease when compared with the average of the three preceding years.

The one fatal incident involving a commercial vessel in 2018-19 resulted in a double fatality, this compares with no commercial fatal incidents in 2016-17, one fatal incident in 2014-15 and two fatal incidents in 2013-14.

Sixty-six per cent of marine incidents (both recreational and commercial) in 2018-19 occurred on Port Phillip Bay and Western Port Bay.

Reporting requirements in VictoriaThe following reporting requirements applied to both recreational and commercial vessels during 2018-19.


Victoria’s marine operators are required to report certain types of marine incidents to the Victoria Water Police under the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic) (MSA).

Under section 173(1)(i) of the Transport Integration Act 2010 (Vic) one of the functions of the Director, Transport Safety, is to ‘collect information and data about, and commission and sponsor research into, transport safety matters’. Transport Safety Victoria (TSV) uses the data it collects from marine operators to monitor trends and safety risks in the marine environment across Victoria, and identify regulatory interventions accordingly.

Although not a specific legislative requirement, recreational incidents involving a request to Victoria Water Police for search and rescue assistance are reported to TSV by Victoria Water Police through TIMS.

Reporting requirements apply to commercial vessels under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (the National Law). Sections 88 and 89 in Schedule 1 of the National Law require that both the owner and master of domestic commercial vessel involved in a marine incident report the incident to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) the national regulator.

Explanatory notes

Marine incident definitionThe National Marine Safety Data Collection Reference Manual: Data Standards and Definitions for Marine Incidents 18 December 2007 (Reference Manual), defines a marine incident as an event causing or involving any of the following in connection with the operation of a vessel:

1. the death of, or injury to, any person on board a vessel, or caused by a vessel2. the loss of a person from a vessel3. the abandonment, loss or presumed loss of a vessel4. the collision of a vessel with another vessel or with an object5. the grounding, sinking, flooding or capsizing of a vessel6. a fire or explosion aboard a vessel7. loss of stability affecting the safety of a vessel8. structural failure of a vessel.

Data definitionsIncident data has been codified in accordance with the Reference Manual. For convenience, an extract of the incident type descriptors is included in this document. For further explanation of the concepts, data standards and definitions please read this report in conjunction with the Reference Manual. Table 1 provides a description of the different types of marine incidents that may be reported to TSV.

Table 1: Marine incident data definitionsType DescriptionCollision A marine incident involving the collision of an operating vessel may

include any of the following instances: a) Collision of vessels

Striking together of two or more vessels, at least one vessel must be in operation or operating; but does not include striking a permanently fixed man-made object.

b) Collision with a fixed objectA vessel striking a permanently fixed man-made object, for example: aid to navigation, overhead bridge, sea walls, or


Type Descriptiongroynes; and does not include striking another vessel.

c) Collision with a floating objectA vessel striking an object that is waterborne and is free to move with tide, current or wind and is visible from the surface of the water; does not include living animals but does include carcasses and does not include striking another vessel.

d) Collision with an animalVessel striking a living animal which may or may not be normally found in a marine environment.

e) Collision with overhead obstructionAny part of a vessel making contact with power lines, or other overhead obstructions suspended above a waterway.

f) Collision with submerged objectA vessel making contact with an object that is waterborne and may be free to move with tide or current and is not visible from the surface of the water e.g.: submerged container, submarine cable. This category does not include groundings.

g) Collision with wharf A vessel making contact with a wharf/jetty/pontoon/boat ramp and causing damage to the vessel and/or wharf etc.

Grounding A marine incident involving an operating vessel grounding may include any of the following instances:

a) Grounding (unintentional) When a vessel unintentionally comes into contact with the bottom of a waterway so that the vessel ceases to be completely waterborne. This includes a vessel, either under command or not under command, running aground, striking or pounding on rocks, reefs or shoals, but not making contact with a beach or grounding intentionally.

b) Grounding (intentional)A vessel, under command, is put aground intentionally by the operator. An intentional grounding of a vessel is not a reportable marine incident unless the vessel is damaged in some way that makes the incident reportable.

Capsizing Vessel overturns so that the keel becomes uppermost or the vessel may lie on its side.

Sinking A vessel becomes submerged and settles below the surface of the water.Swamping A vessel fills with water particularly over the side (that is, water is filling

from the upper part of the vessel) but retains sufficient buoyancy to remain waterborne. If the vessel does not retain sufficient buoyancy to remain waterborne, the incident type becomes a sinking.

Flooding A breach of the vessel’s watertight integrity (that is, water filling from the lowest part of the vessel) due to the ingress of water into the vessel. The vessel retains sufficient buoyancy to remain waterborne. If the vessel does not retain sufficient buoyancy to remain waterborne, the incident type becomes a sinking.

Loss or presumed loss of a vessel

A vessel has not returned as stated or intended prior to departure and may be considered to be missing at sea.

Structural failure Damage to a vessel due to the structural failure of the vessel’s hull, superstructure, engines, machinery or equipment due to such things as metal fatigue, corrosion, broken welds, wood rot, electrical faults, insufficient materials in the construction of the vessel and excessive


Type Descriptionstress or wear on any component. Examples include dismasting of sailing vessels due to the mast being broken. Does not include flooding or sinking due to a breach of the hull.

Loss of stability The inadvertent movement of cargo, equipment or other materials which affects the vessel’s ability to return to an upright position when laterally displaced but does not include loss of stability due to swamping or flooding.

Fire Accidental burning of a vessel’s fuels or their vapours or of any material onboard a vessel.

Explosion Accidental explosion of any material onboard a vessel including vessel fuel or its vapours.

Person overboard

A person falls from a vessel into the water/sea/waterway.

Onboard injury A marine incident involving an operating vessel where the incident occurs onboard the vessel may include any of the following instances:

a) Falls within vessel Person onboard a vessel falls within the confines of the vessel.

b) Crushing or pinching An incident where a person is crushed or pinched by any part of the vessel or vessel’s machinery because of the operation of the vessel.

c) Other onboard injury Any other incident onboard a vessel (for example, to a passenger, crew) due to the operation of the vessel; does not include a fall overboard, falls within vessel, or crushing or pinching.

Other personal injury

A marine incident involving an operating vessel may include any of the following instances:

a) Hit by vessel or propeller Person not onboard a vessel is hit by a vessel or vessel’s propeller, this does not include a fall overboard, skiing or diving incident.

b) Skiing incident An incident when a person is engaged in waterskiing. Waterskiing includes aquaplaning, knee boarding, wake surfing and any similar towed activity carried out in association with a vessel.

c) Parasailing incidentAn incident where a person is engaged in parasailing. Parasailing is an activity utilising a parachute towed by a vessel to enable a person to become airborne.

d) Diving incident An incident involving an operating vessel and a person engaged in a diving related activity. For the purposes of this document, a diving activity includes diving using surface-supplied breathing apparatus, SCUBA diving, breath-hold diving (also known as free diving or skin diving) and snorkelling.

e) Other incidents caused by an operating vessel Any other incident involving a person not onboard a vessel (for example, swimmer, surfboard rider) due to the operation of a vessel; does not include a fall overboard, falls within vessel, crushing or pinching, hit by a vessel or propeller, skiing or diving incident.


Additional incident data definitionsTSV collects data regarding three additional ‘near miss’ incident types that do not comply with the definition of a marine incident in the Reference Manual but are useful indicators of risk and decision making. The definition of a close quarters situation is the working definition used by TSV and is now included in both the MSA and National Law legislation. The definition of a disablement and person in trouble is a working definition only. Table 2 provides a description of these additional incident types. Table 3 provides the definition for a recreational and commercial vessel, both terms are used frequently throughout the report.

Table 2: Additional incident data definitionsType DescriptionClose quarters situation

a) at least two vessels pass within proximity of each other such that a reasonable person would in all the circumstances conclude there was a risk of collision by those vessels

b) one vessel passes within proximity of an object such that a reasonable person would in all the circumstances conclude there was a risk of collision by that vessel with that object.

Disablement A vessel becoming disabled and requiring assistance.Person in trouble

Person(s) who require assistance because they cannot continue in their vessel unassisted.

Table 3: Other definitionsVessel type DescriptionRecreational vessel*

A vessel used solely for the purposes of recreational or sporting activities and not for hire or reward.

Commercial vessel *

Any vessel that is operated in connection with a commercial transaction of any kind; includes both domestic and foreign vessels.

Serious incidents

Any incidents that conform to the definition of a marine incident in the Reference Manual including: capsizing, close quarters, collision, fire, flooding, grounding, loss of stability, onboard incident, other personal injury, person overboard, sinking, structural failure, swamping and person in trouble.

Serious injury incident

An incident where at least one person receives a serious injury, but ere are not fatalities.

Serious injury A person involved in a marine incident suffers any injury requiring admission to hospital.

* For a complete definition please refer to the Reference Manual.


Maritime fatalities and serious injuries

FatalitiesIn 2018-19 there were ten fatalities from nine marine incidents in Victoria, this is a 25 per cent increase on the previous 2017-18 season. Figure 1 shows the number of fatal incidents that have occurred in each of the years shown. There were eight fatalities from eight marine incidents in 2017-18, six fatalities from six incidents in 2016-17 and nine fatalities from eight incidents in 2015-16. The largest vessel involved in any of the fatal incidents was 6.4 m open vessel.

Table 4 below contains data on fatalities that occurred as a result of marine incidents in Victoria. It shows the number of fatalities for each month of each year from 1 July 2015 through to 30 June 2019. The last column shows the total for each year. When comparing this year with the average of the three previous years, fatal incidents have increased by 31.58 per cent. One fatality this year involved a kayak compared with two fatalities from eight incidents in 2017-18, four from six in 2016-17, one from nine in 2015-16. The ten fatalities for 2018-19 have involved ten males, ranging in ages from 5 to 74. One operator managed to raise the alarm themselves (via a 000 phone call) the remainder of the deceased failed to notify anyone that they needed assistance; authorities were alerted to the incident by:

vessel and/or deceased found,

family member (the operator was overdue), or

witness sighting.

(Note: First deceased individual located after incident occurred and last witnessed the incident occurring)

Table 4: Marine incident fatalities by month from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2019

Year of incident

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total

2015-16 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9

2016-17 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6

2017-18 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 8

2018-19 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 10


Serious injuriesThere were 12 serious injury incidents in 2018-19 requiring a person to be hospitalised, four less than in 2017-18 (n=16). All 12 serious injury incidents involved a recreational vessel specifically:

- six Open type vessels, - three Personal Watercrafts, - one Cabin Cruiser, - one ite and - one Half cabin.

Two of the open vessels were towing a ski biscuit and one was towing a wakeboarder, in all three cases the people injured were those being towed behind the vessel.

Table 5 contains data on marine incidents that resulted in serious injury in Victoria. It shows the number of incidents that occurred in each month of each year since 1 July 2015. The last column shows the incident total for each year. Figure 1 shows the number of serious injury incidents that have occurred in each of the years shown. The number of incidents to result in serious injury has decreased by 38.96 per cent compared with the average of the three preceding seasons.

Of those persons who were injured, two were females and ten were male. The twelve people sustaining serious injuries this season ranged in age from 10 to 71, and the average age of those injured was 33.

Table 5: Marine incident serious injury incidents by month from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2019

Year of incident

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total

2015-16 3 0 0 1 1 2 5 3 4 1 0 0 202016-17 1 0 1 3 2 2 11 0 2 0 1 0 23

2017-18 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 16

2018-19 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 12


Figure 1: Number of fatal incidents and serious injury incidents, 2009-10 to 2018-19

Marine incidents - recreationalIn 2018-19, there were 1,398 reported marine incidents involving recreational vessels. This is an 8.0 per cent increase when compared with the average of the three preceding years.

Figure 2 shows the number of recreational marine incidents that occurred each year from 2015-16 to 2018-19. Of the 1,398 recreational vessel incidents this year, 205 (14.6 per cent) were classified as ‘serious incidents’ and 1,191 incidents (85.4 per cent) were disablements (refer to tables 2 and 3 respectively for the definition of a disablement and serious incident).

The proportion of recreational incidents to result in fatality, serious injury and lost vessel (the three worst possible outcomes of a marine incident) is 2.00 per cent. This compares with 2.58 per cent in 2017-18, 3.39 per cent in 2016-17 and 2.97 per cent in 2015-16.


Figure 2: Recreational marine incidents, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 boating seasons

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Recreational incidents by incident typeAll incident types have increased compared with the average of the three preceding years with the exception of other personal in trouble, person overboard and swamping.

Of the 14 other personal injury incidents, one was a fatality and six were serious injury incidents requiring hospitalisation. The personal injury incidents involved seven vessels towing either a wakeboarder, skier or ski biscuit, three personal watercrafts, two occurrences of snorkelers struck by vessels, one kite boarder and a half cabin fishing boat.

Table 6 shows the number of incidents by year. The first column lists the incident type and the adjacent columns show the number of incidents that occurred in each year. The last row shows the total for each year.


Table 6: Marine incidents involving recreational vessels, 2015-16 to 2018-19

Incident type 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19Disablement of vessel 1095 1048 1076 1191Grounding 72 69 61 77Person in trouble 31 41 43 31Capsizing 46 37 22 24Collision 15 18 15 17Flooding 17 9 14 16Person overboard 12 7 14 9Other personal injury 4 9 11 14Fire 5 6 6 7Swamping 3 6 11 3Onboard incident 9 7 1 2Structural failure 2 3 2 1Explosion 2 3 0 0Close quarters 0 2 1 2Loss of stability 0 0 1 1Loss or presumed loss of vessel

0 0 1 0

Total 1313 1265 1280 1398

Figure 3 shows incidents by month and incident type. It illustrates that this season the most number of disablements (n=240) and serious incidents (n=51) occurred in January followed by December (187 disablements and 25 serious incidents). A closer look at the separate months show that the highest proportion of serious incidents was in August (33.33 per cent) and the lowest proportion of serious incidents was in Nov (5.88 per cent).

Figure 3: Serious incidents and disablements by month for the 2018-19 boating season.


Recreational incidents by waterway The majority of the recreational marine incidents occurred on Port Phillip Bay (51.28 per cent, n= 717) followed by Western Port (15.66 per cent, n=219). Table 7 shows the number of recreational marine incidents to occur on each waterway 2015-16 to 2018-19. The first column lists the waterway type and the adjacent columns show the number of incidents to occur on each waterway. Figure 4 shows the top ten waterways for recreational incidents for 2018-19.

Table 7 Top ten waterways for recreational marine incidents 2015-16 to 2018-19Waterway 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19Port Phillip Bay 684 624 689 717Western Port 245 242 190 219Corio Bay 82 75 65 66Lake Victoria 43 54 46 52

Lake King 34 24 32 35

Bass Strait - North 24 30 39 33

Bass Strait - Eastern 41 51 46 32Not recorded 2 3 12 45Bass Strait – West 40 42 39 25Corner Inlet 10 21 26 23Other 108 99 96 151Total 1313 1265 1280 1398

Recreational marine incidents occurred on 58 different waterways this season compared with 37 in 2017-18, 43 in 2016-17 and 45 in 2015-16. This season 46 waterways had fewer than ten incidents recorded and 25 of these only had one recreational incident recorded.


Figure 4: Top ten waterways for recreational marine incidents in 2018-19


Recreational disablementsRecreational disablement incidents have increased by eleven per cent compared with the average of the three preceding years. Consistent with previous years, the majority of disablements (97.43 per cent) resulted in no damage to the vessel or property, which is the lowest severity rating. Table 8 shows the number of recreational disablement incidents that occurred during each year, 2015-16 to 2018-19.

Table 8: Recreational disablements, 2015-16 to 2018-19 Year 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

Number of recreational disablement incidents

1095 1048 1076 1191

Figure 5 shows the top contributing factors to recreational disablements this year. Of the 1191 recreational disablements 416 contributing factors were identified. The leading contributing factor was ‘equipment – machinery’ (n=180) (this may include: seized engine, engine overheating, lost steering/rudder, water pump issues). This was followed by equipment – electrical (n=118) (this may include: flat battery, wiring or spark plug failure), lack of fuel (n=27) and Fuel System Blockage (n=23).

In 2017-18 new data entry rules were introduced and entering a contributing factor was no longer prompted, in 2017-18 there were 1076 disablements and 599 contributing factors were identified. In 2016-17 a contributing factor review showed that of the 1048 disablements, 1011 contributing factors were identified.

Figure 5: Top contributing factors to disablements, 2018-19


Marine incidents - commercialThere were 23 reported commercial marine incidents in 2018-19, a 41.52 per cent decrease compared with the average of the three preceding seasons. Seventeen incidents have resulted in no damage, four incidents have resulted in vessel damage, one incident resulted in a minor injury and one incident that has resulted in a double fatality. Figure 6 shows the number of reported marine incidents involving a commercial vessel. Refer to Table 3 for the definition of a commercial vessel.

Figure 6: Marine incidents involving commercial vessels, 2015-16 to 2018-19


Commercial incidents by incident typeOf the 23 commercial vessel incidents, 12 (52.17 per cent) were classified as serious incidents and 11 (47.83 per cent) were disablements. Table 9 contains data on marine incidents involving commercial vessels only. The first column shows the incident type and the adjacent columns show the number of incidents that occurred in each year. The last row shows the total for each year.

The incident types that have been most common this year are disablements (n=11), grounding (n=6), and collisions (n=3).

Table 9: Marine incidents involving commercial vessels 2015-16 to 2018-19

Incident type 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19Disablement of Vessel 17 17 11 11Collision 9 5 9 3Grounding 5 3 7 6Close quarters 8 4 2 0Onboard incident 6 3 1 0Person overboard 1 2 0 0Fire 1 0 1 1Swamping 1 1 0 0Capsizing 0 0 1 1Flooding 1 0 1 0Person in trouble 0 0 0 1Other personal injury 0 0 1 0Total 49 35 34 23


Commercial incidents by waterway The majority of commercial marine incidents occurred on Port Phillip Bay (26 per cent) followed by Western Port (13 per cent). Table 10 shows the top ten waterways for commercial marine incidents from 2015-16 to 2018-19. The first column lists the waterway name and the adjacent columns show the proportion of incidents to occur in each year.

Table 10 Commercial marine incidents by waterway name 2015-16 to 2018-19

Waterway name 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19Port of Port Phillip 19 14 11 6Western Port 7 3 2 2Yarra River, upstream of port

7 2 5 0

Bass Strait – Western 5 3 2 3Lake Victoria 1 4 1 3Bass Strait - Northern 2 0 3 2

Bass Strait - Eastern 2 1 2 0Reeve Channel & Waters South

2 3 0

Lake King 2 1 0 2Cunningham Arm 2 0 1 0Other 2 5 4 5Total 49 35 34 23

Commercial marine incidents occurred on 10 different waterways this year compared with 13 in 2017-18 and 13 in 2016-17, and 12 in 2015-16. In 2018-19 there were also five waterways that had only one incident recorded. Figure 7 shows the top ten waterways for commercial marine incidents in 2018-19.


Figure 7: Top ten waterways for commercial marine incidents in 2018-19

Incidents by waterway type and location

Table 11: Incidents (both commercial and recreational) by waterway type and severity 2018-19

Incident severity Coastal Inshore

Coastal Offshore

Enclosed Inland Outside Victorian Waters

Property damage 3.57% 3.57% 85.71% 7.14% 0.00%Fatal Incident 22.22% 0.00% 55.56% 22.22% 0.00%Minor Injury 12.50% 0.00% 50.00% 37.50% 0.00%Missing Person 50.00% 0.00% 50.00% 0.00% 0.00%No Damage 8.07% 0.00% 88.26% 3.49% 0.18%Other Vessel Damage

9.80% 0.00% 84.31% 5.88% 0.00%

Serious Injury 0.00% 0.00% 54.55% 45.45% 0.00%Vessel Lost 0.00% 0.00% 66.67% 33.33% 0.00%Uncoded 6.78% 0.00% 92.37% 0.85% 0.00%Total 8.04% 0.08% 87.30% 4.43% 0.15%

The majority of marine incidents occurred on enclosed waters (87.3 per cent) followed by coastal inshore waters (8.04 per cent). Table 11 shows the proportion of incidents to occur on each waterway type by incident severity for 2018-19. Figure 8 and Figure 9 on the next page shows the marine incidents by incident severity plotted geospatially over a map of Victoria.


Figure 8: Fatal and Serious Marine Incidents 2018-19


Figure 9: Marine Incidents Disablements 2018-19


Recreational Vessel RegistrationsThere were 195,682 recreational vessels registered as at 30 June 2019. It should be noted that this figure does not capture passive (human powered) vessels, including but not limited to: rafts, stand-up paddle boards, kayaks and canoes. It is unknown exactly how many passive vessels are in Victoria; however, estimates suggest there are at least 350,000 paddle craft being used each year. Table 12 shows a breakdown of registered vessels by vessel type. PWC registrations have experienced the most growth of the recreational vessel categories, increasing by 5.7 per cent since 2017-18. Figure 10 shows by local government area where vessels are registered across Victoria (excluding PWC). Figure 11 shows by local government area where PWCs are registered.

Table 12: Registered recreational vessels by type as at 30 June 2019

Vessel type Number of vessels

Open 131005Half cabin 28480Personal watercraft 23700Cabin cruiser 5852Yacht (keel boat) 2765Trailer Sailer 2139Hovercraft 832Houseboat 720Canoe 189


Figure 10: Victorian Recreational Vessel Registrations – all vessel types excluding Personal watercraft shown by local government area


Figure 11: Victorian Recreational Vessel Registrations – Personal watercraft only shown by local government area


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