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•• TheThe VMSVMS isis complementedcomplemented withwith allall availableavailable maritimemaritime notificationsnotifications –– ManualManual reportsreports •• SchengenSchengen •• PortPort CallCall •• TransitTransit •• EntryEntry ––Catch Catch ––Exit Exit –– AISAIS –– VDSVDS –– CoastalCoastal RadarRadar •• ThisThis formsforms anan almostalmost completecomplete surfacesurface picturepicture Icelandic Coast Guard AIS

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Schengen Operation centre Fishing licences •VMS Port call •FMC Ship Registry •MTS Position •MRCC / JRCC Crew List •GMDSS •Coast Guard Entry – Exit NEAFC POS - Catch and •112 (Emergency hot-line) Activity – Notifications and Catch/activity •Civil Defence Authorisations. •State Police Sightings •Voluntary SAR Other States

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PSC Compiled files automatically Coastal Radar distributed to relevant recipients. Coast Guard vessels LRIT State Police Customs Directorate of Fisheries Icelandic Maritime Administration Maritime Traffic Service Port security officers Coast Guard Operation Centre NEAFC – NAFO Other States Information Flow Chart Icelandic Coast Guard

AutomaticallyAutomaticallyAutomatically producedproducedproduced listslistslists

•• PositionPosition listlist ofof foreignforeign vesselsvessels •• CatchCatch listlistof of foreignforeign vesselsvessels •• LicenseLicense listlist forfor foreignforeign vesselsvessels •• WarningWarning listlist –– WarningsWarnings ifif vesselsvessels areare outsideoutside designateddesignated harbourharbour areas;areas; •• WithoutWithout fishingfishing licencelicence oror thethe licencelicence hashas beenbeen sussuspendedpended •• CertificateCertificate ofof SeaworthinessSeaworthiness hashas expiredexpired •• SchengenSchengen andand PortPort CallCall Icelandic Coast Guard Icelandic Coast Guard

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•• TheThe followingfollowing databasedatabase filesfiles areare compiledcompiled withwith fewfew hourhour intervalinterval andand transmittedtransmitted toto thethe patrolpatrol unitsunits wwithith automaticautomatic importimport intointo thethe unitsunits databasesdatabases –– FishingFishing licenceslicences •• DomesticDomestic •• NEAFCNEAFC – Ship registry –– ShipShip registryregistry Automatic lookup onboard patrol • Domestic •• DomesticDomestic units of all known information • Foreign vessels •• ForeignForeign vesselsvessels regarding each target/sighting • IUU lists •• IUUIUU listslists as its identifier is entered into the • NEAFC •• NEAFCNEAFC units database –– IcelandicIcelandic crewcrew listslists –– VMSVMS positionspositions –– InspectionInspection databasesdatabases •• UpdateUpdate inin bothboth directionsdirections Icelandic Coast Guard

FurtherFurtherFurther EnhancementsEnhancementsEnhancements plannedplannedplanned

•• IncreasedIncreased automationautomation –– IncreasedIncreased automaticautomatic areaarea watchwatch •• ComparisonComparison ofof vesselsvessels licenceslicences withwith regulationregulation forfor relevantrelevant areaarea –– ChangingChanging ofof iconicon shape/colourshape/colour ifif vesselvessel isis onon thethe warningwarning listlist –– AutomaticAutomatic comparisoncomparison withwith quotaquota statusstatus Icelandic Coast Guard

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11stst JulyJuly 20062006 Icelandic Coast Guard BilateralBilateral TrackingTracking AgreementsAgreements

•• IcelandicIcelandic exampleexample –– AgreementsAgreements forfor automaticautomatic exchangeexchange ofof trackingtracking informationinformation with;with; •• FaroeFaroe IslandsIslands •• GreenlandGreenland •• NorwayNorway •• RussiaRussia –– AutomaticAutomatic transmissiontransmission ofof EntryEntry andand ExitExit messagesmessages uponupon crossingcrossing limitslimits –– PositionPosition automaticallyautomatically forwardedforwarded everyevery twotwo hourshours whenwhen vesselsvessels areare inin waterswaters ofof oneone anotheranother –– FurtherFurther developementsdevelopements forfor electronicelectronic reportingreporting isis beingbeing discussed.discussed. Icelandic Coast Guard

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WhenWhen vesselsvessels areare detecteddetected outsideoutside oneone anotheranother waterswaters anan ExitExit messagemessage isis automaticallyautomatically transmittedtransmitted fromfrom thethe relevantrelevant VMSVMS andand thethe automaticautomatic forwardingforwarding ofof positionposition reportsreports isis switchedswitched off.off. NorwegianNorwegian VMSVMS Icelandic Coast Guard

•• DataData exchangeexchange withwith twotwo RFMOs,RFMOs, NEAFCNEAFC andand NAFONAFO –– TrackingTracking datadata everyevery twotwo hourshours –– CatchCatch andand ActivityActivity reportsreports •• CatchCatch onon EntryEntry •• EntryEntry •• CatchCatch •• TranshipmentTranshipment •• PortPort ofof LandingLanding •• CatchCatch onon ExitExit •• ExitExit •• SurveillanceSurveillance DataData •• InspectionInspection DataData •• PortPort StateState ControlControl Icelandic Coast Guard

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•• Can,Can, ifif usedused inin aa cococo-ordinated--ordinatedordinated way,way, leadlead toto moremore costcost effectiveeffective operationsoperations –– ConductConduct airborneairborne surveillancesurveillance fromfrom greatergreater altitudesaltitudes •• RemoteRemote identificationidentification •• UnknownUnknown vesselsvessels willwill bebe veryvery visiblevisible 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 nm 2 Cover at 15.000 feet

4 0 nm Cover 50.000 nm 2 80 nm or 22% of the EEZ

Cover 105.000 nm 2 or 49% of the EEZ Icelandic Coast Guard

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•• TheThe jointjoint centrecentre hashas greatlygreatly enhancedenhanced allall responsesresponses forfor SearchSearch AndAnd RescueRescue (SAR)(SAR) operationsoperations –– AlmostAlmost completecomplete surfacesurface picturepicture –– FullFull informationinformation onon allall availableavailable responseresponse unitsunits –– FullyFully equippedequipped JointJoint RescueRescue CoCo-ordination-ordination CentreCentre atat thethe samesame locationlocation (JRCC)(JRCC) Icelandic Coast Guard SearchSearch andand RescueRescue featuresfeatures incorporatedincorporated intointo thethe VMSVMS

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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. Icelandic Coast Guard ActivationActivation ofof CoastCoast GuardGuard patrolpatrol aircraftaircraft Icelandic Coast Guard ActivationActivation ofof CoastCoast GuardGuard rescuerescue helicoptershelicopters Icelandic Coast Guard

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ActivationActivation ofof groundground rescuerescue teamsteams Icelandic Coast Guard ActivationActivation ofof highhigh speedspeed rescuerescue boatsboats Icelandic Coast Guard

KeyKey PointsPoints

•• TheThe IntegratedIntegrated SystemSystem facilitatesfacilitates for;for; –– FisheriesFisheries MonitoringMonitoring ControlControl andand SurveillanceSurveillance –– GeneralGeneral MaritimeMaritime SurveillanceSurveillance –– MaritimeMaritime SecuritySecurity –– BattleBattle IUUIUU fishingfishing andand otherother illegalillegal activityactivity •• EnvironmentalEnvironmental protectionprotection •• IllegalIllegal migrationmigration •• IllegalIllegal drugdrug traffickingtrafficking –– SearchSearch andand RescueRescue Icelandic Coast Guard

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