Report by the IHO Secretariat 16th Meeting of the Meso-America and Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission Report by the IHO Secretariat

Ratification of Protocol of Amendments on IHO Convention April 2017 - Assembly-1 3-yearly operational/planning cycle Council will be established – meeting annually Voting: based on a majority of those casting a vote No answer means … not counted Changes in election process for Secretary-General and Directors UN MS eligible to join IHO without requirement for IHO MS approval process no waiting period

St Vincent and the Grenadines Regional States not yet MS of the IHO … Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Dominica El Salvador Grenada Guyana Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines … now eligible to join IHO without requirement for IHO MS voting process

Action requested: Encourage all coastal States in the region to join the MACHC and the IHO

International Charting Coordination See also agenda item 7

International Charting Coordination Date that requirements for ECDIS back-up arrangements using paper charts were last provided to IHO Secretariat Antigua and Barbuda No information provided to IHO Secretariat Bahamas Barbados Belize Brazil September 2015 Colombia April 2007 Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador France September 2014 Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua Panama St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago UK USA Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) IHO Inventory of national regulations on ECDIS back- up arrangements using paper charts (see Annex A)

International Charting Coordination Action requested: Review Annex A (inventory of ECDIS back-up arrangements) and provide updates/information to Secretariat as soon as possible

Assessment of Regional Hydrographic Capability IHO Secretariat assessment to be presented to next meeting of the Caribbean MoU – February 2017 Highlighting: Maritime Administration responsibilities - SOLAS V/9 MSI - shortcomings in service delivery Limitations and impact in charting and survey coverage

Regional Hydrographic Capability - MSI Based on NAVAREA Coordinators’ reports and statistics MSI performance is variable Good performance reports for: Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Regional Hydrographic Capability - MSI Following States are of concern with respect to delivery of MSI: Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Suriname Action Requested: Relevant States to review Annex C (MSI training outcomes) and report to the Chair of MACHC any obstacles and challenges that are impeding the establishment of an effective MSI capacity

Regional Hydrographic Capability - Surveys

Action requested: Review Annex B (hydrographic status report) and provide comments to Secretariat as soon as possible

Capacity Building See agenda item 10 What capacity building does your country need ? Prepare your candidates well in advance

IHO GIS and Databases avoid duplication of data and inputs enable data visualisation enable data fusion and analysis provide GIS data layers for RHCs and Member States

IHO GIS and data base developments Country Information Data base Is your data up-to-date in the Year Book / data base ? “C-55” data base Is your data up-to-date in the C-55 data base ? INToGIS database INT chart coverage ENC catalogue

IHO GIS and Databases - C-55 ….. Action requested: Countries to review Annex D (list of last updates) and their entry in C-55 and provide the IHO Secretariat with the appropriate updates or to report no change

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry (CSB) programme Low cost – high impact Based on IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry (DCDB) commercial and community-based options Starting 2018 Mariners’ self-help programme Aim: Logger in every professionally crewed ship

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry CSB is not new to HO’s Passage Sounding … is crowd-sourced data The General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO) project … is crowd-sourced data hydrographic notes … are crowd-sourced data

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Draft IHO guidelines to be circulated shortly DCDB portal being upgraded Data upload and download Data discovery Scientific and commercial sensitivity will be respected CSB data is NOT specifically intended for charting

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Potential uses: Tsunami, storm surge and flood inundation modelling Coastal zone management Cable and pipeline route planning and optimization Water circulation studies Fish stocks and migration – fisheries management Aquaculture …..

Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Could also be useful for: Chart verification / validation Chart scheming ….. And sometimes inclusion in charts

IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry near real-time update, viewing or download by public for general purposes IHO viewer and data download Crowd-sourced data data uploaded at mariners’ convenience (alert triggered by mariner when relevant) new or revised chart data search as part of normal chart updating cycle IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry

Existing data density for publicly available data Coastal waters in most States include large areas that are inadequately surveyed (see C-55 and Annex B)

Publicity and Outreach States encouraged to link hydrography to UN post-2015 development agenda particularly: sustainable development goals SDG 14 – use of the oceans disaster risk reduction UN Conference on SDG 14 - UNHQ June 5-9 Promote hydrography as part of wider oceans programmes

Publicity and Outreach World Hydrography Day 2017 Theme : Mapping our seas, oceans and waterways - more important than ever Promoting: Our roles and responsibilities The fundamental importance of hydrographic data Crowd-Sourced Bathymetry Data mining and data discovery Satellite Derived bathymetry MSDI

Publicity and Outreach video clips “what is hydrography ?” available from You Tube via IHO website in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean Next video: “ … become a hydrographer ”

IHO Assembly 24 to 28 April in Monaco On-line registration: 2-step process Review and adoption of: Strategic Plan, 3-year WP and budget Committee reports on progress and plans for future Proposals from Member States Election of S-G and Directors Establishment of the Council

IHO Council annual meetings in October 20 Council seats allocated to the regions, but a country - not a region, occupies the allocated seat(s) no substitutes or changeovers during the inter- Assembly period most proposals will be considered by the Council before being presented to all Member States for voting Council will approve annual budget and work programme

Selection of States to occupy the seats allocated to the MACHC 2 Seats allocated to MACHC Countries eligible to occupy seats allocated to MACHC are: Brazil Netherlands Cuba Suriname Guatemala Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica UK Mexico Venezuela

Actions requested : MACHC to note this report Encourage all coastal States in the region to join the MACHC and the IHO Review the status presented at Annex C and report obstacles and challenges for the establishment of an effective MSI capacity Review entries related to IHO C-55, P-5 (Yearbook) and ECDIS back up arrangements and report any changes or update to the IHO Secretariat

Actions requested : Provide continuous updates to S-11 Part B for INT Region B through the INToGIS tool and implement the procedure depicted in IHO CL 64/2015 for the review and monitoring of INT charts MICC to provide the IHO Secretariat with basic metadata on the status and description of the ENC schemes in the Region Consider appropriate arrangements to prepare for the IHO Assembly to be held in April 2017 Take any other actions as considered appropriate