PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON FISHING VESSEL SAFETY Canadian Hydrographic Service Products at your service RIMOUSKI FEBRUARY 2006 Introduction The Canadian Hydrographic Service CHS activities Production Plan for 2005/2006/2007 Official Navigational Charts Level of service review Seafloor Mapping 1
CHS - Quebec Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada Sciences Sector Maurice- Lamontagne Institute CHS - Quebec Region Cartography, Data processing, Hyrdog. Surveys 51% Administration 9% Waterway surveys 33% Water Levels 7% 45 employees 15 - Waterway surveys 4 - Water levels 21 - Cartography, data processing, hydrographic surveys 5 - Administration 2
CHS Bathymetric and Hydrographic Surveys Nautical Charts (paper and electronic) Sailing Directions Tide Tables (paper and Internet) Atlas of tidal currents Real-time water levels Seafloor Mapping 70 Authorized dealers DATA ACQUISITION St. Lawrence Waterway Surveys Hydrographic Surveys: Full (New Chart) Revisory (New Edition) Investigation (Emergency) Seafloor Mapping 3
MULTITRANSDUCTORS Full bottom coverage Backscatter (bottom classification) Precision Over 10 years experience MULTIBEAMS Full bottom coverage Backscatter (bottom classification) Precision Over 10 years experience 4
TIDES, CURRENTS AND WATER LEVEL SINECO: observations, predictions and water level forecast Atlas of tidal currents Canadian Tide and Currents Tables Water levels at your fingertips! 1 877 775-0790 Tidal Web Site www.tides.gc.ca CHARTS AND PUBLICATIONS 5
Production 2005 New Editions 1221 Pointe de Moisie à/to Île du Grand Caoui Jan 05 1223 Îles du Bic Mar 05 1312 Lac Saint-Pierre Feb 05 1311 Sorel à/to Varennes Jun 05 4920 Plans Baie des Chaleurs Côte sud Aug 05 4455 Baie Washtawouka à Baie Piashti Oct 05 Withdrawal chart 1260 Pointe aux Cenelles remplacée par un diagramme dans Instructions nautiques Fleuve Saint-Laurent ATL 110 Oct 05 New Editions PRODUCTION PLAN 2006-2007 1509 Rivière des Prairies Mar 06 1316 Port de Québec (Nouveaux outils) Sum 06 1313 Batiscan à Lac Saint-Pierre Mar 06 4473 Île de la Grande Passe à Île Bun Mar 06 1350 Rivière Richelieu Sorel à Otterburn Park Mar 06 1351 Rivière Richelieu Chambly au lac Champlain Mar 06 4025 Cap Whittle à Havre-Saint-Pierre et île d'anticosti Mar 06 4957 Havre-Aubert Jan 06 ATL 100 Sailing Directions, Gerneral information Apr 07 ATL 108 Sailing Directions, Gulf of St. Lawrence Southwest Portion) Spr 06 ATL 109 Sailing Directions, Gulf of St. Lawrence Northeast Spr 06 6
PRODUCTION PLAN 2005-2007 Consultation done with local users Boating, fishing and shipping Agree with proposal Withdrawal of charts 4951 and 4952 îles de la Madeleine 4950 4952 New Edition 4950 Possibility to add an inset New data added Converting to ENC charts 4950 and 4956 4951 A Notice to Mariners will be published to announce the withdrawal 7
OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS CHS supports 2 official formats for electronic navigational charts Vector S-57 Internationa Standards Commercial Shipping Private companies NDI, Transas, Nobeltec, Garmin (boaters) Raster BSB (digitalocean) Many navigation software on the market Transas Marine Ltd. Produits TX-97 Nobeltec Corporation: Passport P1-P3 Passport NW1-NW10 Passport ATL1-ATL4 3D pour la C.-B. Garmin International Inc. BlueChart MCA001R MCA012R (except MCA003R) BlueChart MCA500L BlueChart MUS015R-MUS024R (except MUS021R-MUS022R) BlueChart MUS500L Manufacturers, distributors and authorized products United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)Navigateur ARCS Nautical Data International, Inc DigitalOcean et DigitalOcean RecVec Maptech Inc. Great Lakes Raster Charts Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre Topographic and Coastal Data Products 8
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Manufacturers, distributors and authorized products May 10, 2005, Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations have been modified. It is now permitted to use Electronic Charts without paper charts under certain conditions. http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts- regulations/general/c/csa/regulations/010/cs a011/csa11.html#carriage_of_charts_and_publi cations LEVEL OF SERVICE REVIEW Define priorities to balance resources with clients needs Introduction of risk areas Client consultation with 15 000 questionnaires distributed during fall 2004. A total of 2 279 questionnaires were completed (paper and Internet). 10
Risk Areas Priority zones LEVEL OF SERVICE REVIEW High Priority 207/ 950 charts in Canada 29/65 charts for Quebec Region Changes proposed by the CHS that would be well received by clients : + Data acquisition prioritized according to risk area + More frequent publication for high-risk areas and less frequent for medium-risk areas + Notices to Mariners updates prioritized according to risk area + Publishing Notices to Mariners and Update Messages within one month + Publishing New Editions in paper and digital within three months + Emphasis on chart content rather than graphic presentation + Transition from paper to electronic formats for: - Catalogues - Water level forecast + Presenting Notices to Mariners using images + 3D navigation software + Charts visually different than the ones currently used + Increased involvement of the private sector for: - Customizing and printing charts (only if the CHS prevents a monopoly and validates operations) - Printing charts on demand by CHS chart dealers - Customized products offered by CHS chart dealers 11
Changes proposed by the CHS that would not be viewed as positively by mariners : Updating charts in low-risk areas only through Notices to Mariners (instead of producing New Editions) Discontinuing the practice of making hand corrections to charts prior to distribution Discontinuing Notices to Mariners service for Small Craft Charts CHS clients are still not ready to let go paper formats for electronic forms for: - Nautical charts - Sailing directions - Chart 1 LEVEL OF SERVICE REVIEW Implementation pe e tato aspilot Project internally Measure and Performance Analysis during the year Adjustment of Levels of Service prior to their publication Consultation with Advisory Panel next spring We are evaluating the possibility to make changes to Notices to Mariners following the results of the consultation BOATERS COMMERCIAL NAVIGATORS Notices to Mariners presented as images 86% 89% 12
SEAFLOOR MAPPING Data on habitat (bottom classification and morphology ) Better target the fishing zones Better planning sampling and optimize efforts Reduce damage to net MULTIBEAM COVERAGE 13
SEAFLOOR MAPPING 3D APPLICATION FOR FISHING 14
Questions? For more information: www.cartes.gc.ca Telephone: 418 775-0502 15