Editing Gulfport, Florida (section)

===Recreation===
The city owns a full-service [[marina]] adjacent to [[Clam Bayou]] Nature Park.<ref>[http://mygulfport.us/marina/ Gulfport Municipal Marina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910052724/https://mygulfport.us/marina/ |date=September 10, 2024 }} City web page with aerial photograph of marina. Retrieved 03 Mar 2015.</ref>

Gulfport's Police Department includes a marine patrol which is responsible for the open waterway between Gulfport, [[St. Pete Beach, Florida|St. Pete Beach]], the Maximo neighborhood in St. Pete, and the [[Pinellas Bayway]]. They also patrol {{convert|5|miles}} of coastline along the Boca Ciega Bay.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=January 6, 2020 |title=Marine Patrol |url=http://www.gulfportpolice.com/marine-patrol.html |website=Gulfport Police Department |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227055241/http://www.gulfportpolice.com/marine-patrol.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

There is a long municipal fishing pier, called Williams Pier, on [[Boca Ciega Bay]]. It's near the Casino Ballroom and not far from two Gulfport city parks, Veterans Park and the waterfront park and beach.