The Icelandic Integrated System • One Joint Operation Centre for – Coast Guard Operation •• Monitoring Monitoring Control Control and and Surveillance Surveillance (MCS) (MCS) –– General General Policing Policing in in the the Icelandic Icelandic EEZ EEZ –– Vessel Vessel Monitoring Monitoring System System (VMS) (VMS) –– Fisheries Fisheries Monitoring Monitoring Centre Centre (FMC) (FMC)
– Maritime Traffic Service (MTS) •• ••
Global Global Maritime Maritime Distress Distress and and Safety Safety System System Single Single Point Point of of Contact Contact for for all all Maritime Maritime related related notifications notifications –– –– ––
Schengen Schengen Port Port Call Call Transit Transit
– Search and Rescue (SAR) – Emergency response MCS – VMS – FMC – MTS – SAR All integrated into one single centre
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The Area of Operation
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The The Icelandic Icelandic EEZ. EEZ. 2 An Anarea areaof of 754.000 754.000km km2
The TheNEAFC NEAFCRegulatory RegulatoryArea Areaon on the theReykjanes Reykjanesridge ridge CDR G. Geirsson
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The TheNEAFC NEAFCRegulatory RegulatoryArea AreaEast East of ofIceland Iceland
Merging of all available maritime information into one centre
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Additional information into the tracking system (VMS) • The VMS is complemented with all available maritime notifications –– Manual Manual reports reports •• •• •• ••
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Schengen Schengen Port Port Call Call Transit Transit Entry Entry –– Catch Catch –– Exit Exit
AIS AIS VDS VDS Coastal Coastal Radar Radar
• This forms an almost complete surface picture
Icelandic Coast Guard AIS Vessels in tracking Schengen Port call Position Entry – Exit
Vessels in tracking Fishing licences Ship Registry Crew List NEAFC POS - Catch and Activity – Notifications and Authorisations.
Catch/activity
•Civil Defence •State Police
Sightings
•Voluntary SAR
Other States
VDS
Coast Guard data base
Coast Guard aircraft
PSC Coastal Radar
Compiled files automatically distributed to relevant recipients.
Coast Guard vessels
LRIT State Police Customs Directorate of Fisheries Icelandic Maritime Administration Port security officers NEAFC – NAFO Other States
Maritime Traffic Service Coast Guard Operation Centre Information Flow Chart
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Automatically produced lists • • • •
Position list of foreign vessels Catch list of foreign vessels License list for foreign vessels Warning list –– Warnings Warnings if if vessels vessels are are outside outside designated designated harbour harbour areas; areas; •• Without Without fishing fishing licence licence or or the the licence licence has has been been suspended suspended •• Certificate Certificate of of Seaworthiness Seaworthiness has has expired expired
• Schengen and Port Call
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Automatically produced files • The following database files are compiled with few hour interval and transmitted to the patrol units with automatic import into the units databases –– Fishing Fishing licences licences •• Domestic Domestic •• NEAFC NEAFC
Icelandic Icelandic crew crew lists lists VMS VMS positions positions Inspection Inspection databases databases •• Update Update in in both both directions directions
Automatic lookup onboard patrol units of all known information regarding each target/sighting as its identifier is entered into the units database
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Further Enhancements planned • Increased automation – Increased automatic area watch •• Comparison Comparison of of vessels vessels licences licences with with regulation regulation for for relevant relevant area area
– Changing of icon shape/colour if vessel is on the warning list – Automatic comparison with quota status
Icelandic Coast Guard Screen Screen from from the the Icelandic Icelandic VMS VMS The Thesame samescreen screenisis available availableat at the theoperation operationcentre centre and andonboard onboard the theCoast Coast Guard Guard vessels vessels
Icelandic Coast Guard Screen Screen from from the the Icelandic Icelandic VMS VMS
Bilateral Tracking Agreements • Icelandic example – Agreements for automatic exchange of tracking information with; •• •• •• ••
Faroe Faroe Islands Islands Greenland Greenland Norway Norway Russia Russia –– Automatic Automatic transmission transmission of of Entry Entry and and Exit Exit messages messages upon upon crossing crossing limits limits –– Position Position automatically automatically forwarded forwarded every every two two hours hours when when vessels vessels are are in in waters waters of of one one another another –– Further Further developements developements for for electronic electronic reporting reporting is is being being discussed. discussed.
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Vessel Vessel tracked tracked by by flag flag state state VMS VMS
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Icelandic Icelandic fishing fishing vessel vessel in in Icelandic Icelandic waters waters
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Vessel Vessel tracked tracked by by flag flag state state VMS VMS
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Icelandic Icelandic fishing fishing vessel vessel in in Norwegian Norwegian waters waters
Upon Upon detecting detecting the the vessel vessel in in Norwegian Norwegian waters waters an an automatic automatic Entry Entry is is transmitted transmitted to to Norway Norway by by the the VMS VMS and and position position reports reports forwarded forwarded every every 22 hours hours
Norwegian VMS
Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel Vessel tracked tracked by by flag flag state state VMS VMS
Norwegian Norwegian fishing fishing vessel vessel in in Norwegian Norwegian waters waters
Norwegian VMS
Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel Vessel tracked tracked by by flag flag state state VMS VMS
Norwegian Norwegian fishing fishing vessel vessel in in Icelandic Icelandic waters waters
Icelandic VMS Upon Upon detecting detecting the the vessel vessel in in Icelandic Icelandic waters waters an an automatic automatic Entry Entry is is transmitted transmitted to to Iceland Iceland by by the the VMS VMS and and position position reports reports forwarded forwarded every every 22 hours hours
Norwegian VMS
Icelandic Coast Guard Vessels Vessels tracked tracked by by flag flag state state VMS VMS
Icelandic VMS When When vessels vessels are are detected detected outside outside one one another another waters waters an an Exit Exit message message is is automatically automatically transmitted transmitted from from the the relevant relevant VMS VMS and and the the automatic automatic forwarding forwarding of of position position reports reports is is switched switched off. off.
Norwegian VMS
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• Data exchange with two RFMOs, NEAFC and NAFO –– Tracking Tracking data data every every two two hours hours –– Catch Catch and and Activity Activity reports reports •• Catch Catch on on Entry Entry •• Entry Entry •• Catch Catch •• Transhipment Transhipment •• Port Port of of Landing Landing •• Catch Catch on on Exit Exit •• Exit Exit •• Surveillance Surveillance Data Data •• Inspection Inspection Data Data •• Port Port State State Control Control
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Increased flow of information • Can, if used in a co -ordinated way, lead to co-ordinated more cost effective operations – Conduct airborne surveillance from greater altitudes •• ••
Remote Remote identification identification Unknown Unknown vessels vessels will will be be very very visible visible
Icelandic Coast Guard The route is flown in 5 hrs in low altitude but 4 hrs in higher
Route Cover in 1.000 feet
Icelandic EEZ ca. 220.000 nm2
Cover at 15.000 feet
40 n m 80 nm
Cover 50.000 nm2 or 22% of the EEZ Cover 105.000 nm2 or 49% of the EEZ
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The integrated system • The joint centre has greatly enhanced all responses for Search And Rescue (SAR) operations – Almost complete surface picture – Full information on all available response units – Fully equipped Joint Rescue Co -ordination Co-ordination Centre at the same location (JRCC)
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Search and Rescue features incorporated into the VMS Automatic Automatic warning warning ifif aa vessel vessel is is not not reporting as scheduled. SAR operation reporting as scheduled. SAR operation can can be be started started much much earlier earlier for for those those vessels in the system, in the vessels in the system, in the case case of of emergency emergency situation situation but but no no distress distress call. call.
Automatic Automatic listing listing of of all all known known vessels vessels within within selected selected distance distance form form the the vessel vessel in in distress. distress.
Measurement Measurement of of distance distance and and time time of of travel travel between between the vessel in distress and the rescue units. the vessel in distress and the rescue units.
Vessel Vessel in in distress. distress.
Activation Activation of of Coast Coast Guard Guard patrol patrol vessels vessels
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If a vessel is not reporting its position according to schedule investigation must start after 30 minutes with a following full scale Search and Rescue operation if needed.
Activation Activation of of Coast Coast Guard Guard patrol patrol aircraft aircraft
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Activation Activation of of Coast Coast Guard Guard rescue rescue helicopters helicopters
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Icelandic Coast Guard Activation Activation of of ground ground rescue rescue teams teams
Activation Activation of of high high speed speed rescue rescue boats boats
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Key Points • The Integrated System facilitates for; – Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance – General Maritime Surveillance – Maritime Security – Battle IUU fishing and other illegal activity •• •• ••
Environmental Environmental protection protection Illegal Illegal migration migration Illegal Illegal drug drug trafficking trafficking
– Search and Rescue
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This concludes the briefing Thank you for the attention
