Robin Bond HOST Chair May 4 2011 Short Description of Hawaii Ocean Safety Team HOST Founded in 1998 through a mandate from the USCG and expanded to include all Hawaii waters HOST Involves all maritime industries including Commercial and Recreational ID: 794793
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NOAA’s HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES REVIEW PANEL PRESENTATIONRobin Bond - HOST Chair
May 4, 2011
Slide2Short Description of Hawaii Ocean Safety Team (HOST)Founded in 1998 through a mandate from the USCG and expanded to include all Hawaii waters
HOST Involves all maritime industries including Commercial and Recreational
HOST has developed 13
Safe Operating Practices
on a number of important issues
Developed a
Training video
on Cruise ship tendering operations in Lahaina and Kona Harbors
Responsible for a number of maritime
educational progra
ms such as Use of PFDs, mandatory use of VHF Radios or EPIRBs
Provide
Network
for the USCG and others for maritime related information
Slide3Relationship between NOAA and HOSTBecame more focused in 2008 under LT Jeffery Taylor and more recently under LT Kyle Ryan. Partnership with NOAA has become more effective and will continue to grow.
Slide4HSRP Programs that HOST feels will be important for Hawaii:
Current Data Studies in various Harbor
Honolulu Harbor
Barbers Point - Deep Draft Harbor
Offshore oil discharge (Barbers Point)
Kahului - Maui
Hilo Big – Island
Nawiliwili – Kauai
Installation of PORTS (Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System)
Cost and funding?
Areas to be included?
Coast Pilot
Slide5Possible NOAA Assistance in Hawaii?NOAA Assistance preparing for arrival of mass amounts of Japanese Ocean Debris?