Mattapoisett’s proposed mooring extension map was approved at Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting, putting the town’s Waterfront Management Plan one more step toward completion.

The new map enables nearly 60 new moorings to be installed within Mattapoisett Harbor. According to interim harbormaster Horace Field, an additional 700 feet was added to the current maps.

“The layout needed to be conducive to waterskiing and water spots without sacrificing too much real estate,” said vice chairman Jordan Collyer. “This width is bigger and far more friendly. There’s plenty of room now.”

Additional moorings can generate more revenue for the town as well.

Mattapoisett posted the proposed maps online Sept. 28 for residents to give comment on the changes. According to clerk Tyler Macallister, the ratio of those in favor to not in favor was two to one.

Field says the next step is wading through the long transfer list (which contains mooring reassignments from the Harbormaster) and assigning the new moorings.

“It’s just time consuming,” Field said. “I want people to have moorings as soon as possible so they can work with the boat yard and get the moorings made up and get the boats in.”

According to the Selectmen, the complete Waterfront Management Plan will be on the warrant for Town Meeting on Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium.

In other town business:

The Board voted to accept shellfish farmer Robert Field’s updated aquaculture location, pending a map from the Army Corps of Engineers.

Field, who has had an aquaculture farm in Brandt Island Cove since 1986, was originally licensed for an operation of 3.5 acres. After reassessing his land due to the updated Waterfront Management Plan, his acreage is around 6.3.

Chairman Paul Silva said the misinformation was partially due to filing errors.

“We as a town are as much at fault as anyone,” Silva said. “The filing was poor at best, but we want to get away from that. We want to make sure [Field has] the exact GPS location. This is to be able to check that everyone stays within their boundaries.”

Field also agreed to pay the additional acreage fees of his new map since his last license renewal in 2008. The current rate is set at $25 per acre.

Vice chairman Jordan Collyer added that the town is also working with Rod Taylor, who has an aquaculture farm in Nasketucket Bay, to update Taylor’s map as well. Collyer said there was much debate over Taylor’s boundaries earlier this fall, but that the farm’s GPS locations were exact and the markers were in place.