HARBOR SYSTEM MASTER PLAN - City and Borough of Sitka

Sitka’s harbors have 1,126 permanent moorage holders, of which 91 percent are Alaska residents.
Recreational vessels make up about 60 percent of the user base, with commercial fishing vessels
contributing 30 percent and charter vessels and other vessel types making up the remaining 10
percent. Table 2 summarizes the permanent moorage holders in the harbor.
Residency
Vessel Type
Commercial Fishing Recreational Charter
Alaska 294 630 104
Non-Alaska 49 41 8
Source: Jones (2011)
Sitka’s harbors also have a waiting list for permanent moorage. The list currently has 278 vessels on it,
with ownership split about 80 percent Alaska resident and 20 percent outside Alaska. Most of the
vessels on the waiting list are commercial fishing vessels (45 percent), followed by recreational vessels
(37 percent). Almost 17 percent of those on the waiting list do not have a vessel or have not specified
its type.
Residency
Vessel Type
Commercial Fishing Recreational Charter Not Specified
Alaska 102 84 3 36
Non-Alaska 24 18 1 10
Source: Jones (2011)
Other users of harbor system facilities include cruise ships, seaplanes, and other craft. This analysis
focuses only on those vessel types shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
The harbor system currently charges a moorage rate of $1.90 per linear foot per month of permanent
moorage and a tiered rate structure ranging from $0.35 to $0.90 per linear foot of daily transient
moorage. A summary of historical moorage rates is shown in Table 4 for permanent users and in Table
5 for transient users.