NACO actively represents charter boat interests in Washington , DC on policy issues important to you. NACO ensures that federal policies and laws are favorable to the industry's growth, and do not add to the cost burden of operating a Charterboat firm.
NACO’s Washington activities involve working on bills and numerous regulations, through testimony and personal meetings with Congress, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries, and other key regulatory agencies on issues of importance.
NACO ensures that your voice is heard at the highest levels of government. We are the only organization with a track history for the charter industry, so you can count on us to fully represent you.
- Final Ecosystem Restoration Strategy
- NACO Testifies Before House Resources Committee on Magnuson Stevens Act
- NACO Testifies Before House Resources Committee 6 months After the Lifting of Moratorium on Drilling
- National Ocean Policy
- NACOs FCC Comments Regarding Interference With GPS Signals
- Implementation of Revised Passenger Weight Standards For Existing Passenger Vessels
- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Letter
- The Gulf Long Term Follow-Up Study on Health Effects of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
- Which Type of T Boat Are You?
- USCG Stability Form
- Small Vessel Security Implementation Plan Report To The Public March
- Demonstrate Compliance with Weight and Stability
- Do It Yourself Stability Test
- NACO Supports HR5598 and Requests Companion Senate Bill
- NACO Requests Tax Exempt Status on BP Payments
- NOAA Contracts with NACO For Research Please Get Involved
- NACO Requests Bill to Exempt BP Payments From Taxes
- Action Needed To Stop Congress From Taxing Our Services On Navigational Waterways
- NACO Comments On Taxing Our Services
- BP Announces They Will Accelerate Payments
- BP Claims Manual
- BP Claims Center Information and Important Phone Numbers
- NACO Meets With Secretary of Commerce Locke Requesting Help for Charter Boat Industry After Oil Spill
- NACO Comments on Catch Shares
- NACO Comments on Affects of New Discharge Rules
- NACO Supports March on Washington
- NACO Comments on Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
- Letter to Secretary of Commerce Opposing Sector Separation
- NACO Comments on Loran C Lattices
- NACO Comments on Halibut Issues
- GCFMC Regulations
- NACO-Boarding Ladder Issue Comments
- NACO-Miami Dockage Rate Increase-
- NACO-HR1187, Gulf of the Farallones Boundaries,
- NACO- MAFAC comments letter
- NACO-MSA-Rebuilding Target Hearings-Pallone MSA
- TWIC Press Release
- TWIC FAQ's Release
- NACO TWIC Card/Reader Comments-
- NACO-Everglades Planning Team
- NACO-EPA Comments
- NACO LORAN-C Comments
- NACO DOT ADA Comment Letter
- USDA VHS/Water Ballast Issue-Request for Input Letter
- EPA-Water Ballast-Impact to Recreational Boating
- NACO-TWIC Card Reader Comments Letter
- TWIC-NVIC
- NACO Response to TWIC Replacement Card Cost Increase-
- NACO States Oppostion to IPHC's Bag Limit on Halibut -
- NACO TWIC-MMC Comments -
- TWIC-MMD Press Release -
- NACO at the Table for Reauthorization of Fisheries Act
- Charter Boat Fleet in Peril - Presented at New Orleans Workboat Show
- USCG Identity Requirements - Presented at New Orleans Workboat Show
- USCG Passenger Weight Changes - Presented at New Orleans Workboat Show
- Great Lakes Firing Ranges Letter
- Passenger Weights Comments Letter
- Revised Draft Passenger Vessel Accessibility Guidelines and
Supplementary Information - Medical Physical Evaluation Guidelines MMD
- Medical and Physical Evalution Guidelines for Merchant Mariner Credentials-Draft
- TSA TWIC Response to NACO
- Proposed Great Lakes Firing Zones
- Charter Boat Fleet in Peril
- NACO Official TWIC Response
- Remote REC and Traveling REC Teams
- NACO Sparrows Point LNG Letter
- TWIC Privacy Impact Study
- Gilchrest Letter
- NACO Invasive Species Letter
- MMD - TWIC Information
- Alcohol Testing Kit Rule-Federal Register Notice
- Domestic Vessel Passenger Weights-Voluntary Interim Measures
- RECALL - Pains Wessez White Collision Warning Hand Flare
- USCG Fingerprinting Comment Letter
- CG Dept. of Homeland Security Interim Rule,
- NACO Joins with NMFS to Announce Recreational Strategic Plan
- USCG's new MIS reporting form for Administrators of Random Drug Programs (RDP) available for on-line submission or printing
- Key Points on the Maritime Security Rules that just went into effect