The Solomon Islands

IHO Capacity Building Programme __________ AA NNaattiioonnaall HHyyddrrooggrraapphhiicc SSttrraatteeggyy ffoorr tthhee TThhee SSoolloommoonn IIssllaannddss __________ February 2012 (Published April 2012) This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted in accordance with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886), and except in the circumstances described below, no part may be translated, reproduced by any process, adapted, communicated or commercially exploited without prior written permission from the International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB). Copyright in some of the material in this publication may be owned by another party and permission for the translation and/or reproduction of that material must be obtained from the owner. This document or partial material from this document may be translated, reproduced or distributed for general information, on no more than a cost recovery basis. 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The IHO has not checked this translation and therefore takes no responsibility for its accuracy. In case of doubt the source version of [name] in [language] should be consulted.” The IHO Logo or other identifiers shall not be used in any derived product without prior written permission from the IHB. 2 Contents Contents.................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 7 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 9 2. Technical Visit ............................................................................................................................................... 9 3. Solomon Islands Hydrographic Assessment ........................................................................................... 10 3.1 General Remarks ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Solomon Islands Hydrographic Unit ......................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Maritime Safety Information ..................................................................................................................... 10 3.4 Hydrographic Surveying ........................................................................................................................... 11 3.5 Nautical Charting ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.6 Hydrographic Development Plan.............................................................................................................. 13 4. Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 13 Annex A – List of Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 15 Annex B – List of Contacts ................................................................................................................................... 17 Annex C – Review of IHO Technical Visit 2009 ................................................................................................... 19 Annex D – National Hydrographic Structure ....................................................................................................... 21 A National Hydrographic Structure ...................................................................................................................... 21 Responsibilities of a Maritime State .................................................................................................................... 21 Need for a National Hydrographic Structure ....................................................................................................... 21 National Hydrographic Agencies ........................................................................................................................ 22 Co-ordination of the National Hydrographic Effort .............................................................................................. 22 Funding ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 A Structure for Hydrography in the Solomon Islands ........................................................................................ 22 National Hydrographic Need ............................................................................................................................... 22 National Hydrographic Structure ......................................................................................................................... 22 National Hydrographic Consultative Committee ............................................................................................ 23 National Hydrographic Co-ordinator .............................................................................................................. 23 National Hydrographic Organization .............................................................................................................. 23 Formalizing the National Structure ................................................................................................................ 23 Funding ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 National Survey Programme ............................................................................................................................... 23 National Nautical Charting Programme .............................................................................................................. 24 Solomon Islands Hydrographic Unit ................................................................................................................... 24 Duties and Responsibilities ........................................................................................................................... 24 Personnel ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Training .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Hydrographic Survey Capability .................................................................................................................... 25 National Chart Production Capability ............................................................................................................. 25 Hydrographic Office Accommodation ............................................................................................................ 25 SIHU Development and Action Plan .............................................................................................................. 26 3 Appendix 1 – Extracts of SOLAS Regulations .................................................................................................... 27 Appendix 2 – SIHCC Members .............................................................................................................................. 29 Appendix 3 –SIHCC Terms of Reference ............................................................................................................. 31 Appendix 4 – National Hydrographic Structure .................................................................................................. 35 Appendix 5 – Draft SIHU Terms of Reference ..................................................................................................... 37 Appendix 6 – SIHU Staffing and Organization .................................................................................................... 39 Appendix 7 – Hydrographic Development Plan .................................................................................................. 41 Annex E – Solomon Islands’ Dependency

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