1. Mr. Denis Hains, CHS Rear Admiral Gerd F. Glang, NOAA June 1, 2015 United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission report to the Inter-Regional Coordination Committee

2. Meetings since IRCC6 USCHC38 was held March 16, 2015 in National Harbour, Maryland Held in conjunction with the US Hydro 2015 Conference 20 participants Member State agencies included NOAA, CHS, NGA, US Navy Observers were the IHB, UKHO, and MACHC A wide range of discussion topics of mutual interest including: –Organizational changes –Crowd-sourced data –Satellite-derived bathymetry The Chart Advisory Committee did not meet 2 United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission

3. Activities Reports and Papers –USCHC38 Meeting Minutes –USCHC Report to IRCC7 –Submission to IRCC7: Eliminating ENC Overlaps: USCHC Case Study (see Doc IRCC7-9C) –Submission to IRCC7: Proposal to add the topic of Satellite-derived bathymetry as a standing agenda item at all future IRCC meetings (See Doc IRCC7-11F). –MS submitted updates to the INT Catalogue (S-11 Part B) for Region A –Input IHO Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs) and Working-level Performance Indicators (WPIs) 3 United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission

4. Items of Interest NOAA Certified Printers for Paper Nautical Products ‒As of April 2015, NOAA moved to a POD model −17 companies authorized as NOAA Certified Printers Communication; sharing of data and R&D results ‒Maintaining lines of communication at the operational level ‒Writing inter-agency communication into production processes ‒E.g. For all trans-boundary ENCs Organizational Efficiencies ‒OCS began restructuring chart production to reflect an “ENC-First” alignment. Three year plan for completion (2017) ‒Supports continuous ENC maintenance ‒ENC are the source of raster products (PODs and RNCs) United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission

5. Items of Interest (continued) Satellite-Derived Bathymetry

6. Chart 16240: what we learned Satellite AIS –Vessels not following charted hydrography Landsat 8: –Improved Shoreline –Large uncharted shoals revealed Magenta line applied to show historical successful transits Methodology relied upon open-source and no-cost data Note IRCC7-11 F and H

7. Items of Interest (continued) Capacity Building University of New Hampshire CCOM/JHC – CAT A Training – GEBCO Scholars – M.S. and PhD Degrees and Certificates University of Southern Mississippi – CAT A & B Training – M.S. and PhD Degrees and Certificates Chart Adequacy Evaluation Workshop – 12 countries participating July 2015 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA – MACHC in summer 2016 (tentative) HO to HO exchanges – Example with Haiti in Fall 2015

8. Gerd.Glang@noaa.gov Denis.Hains@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Thank you http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ http://www.charts.gc.ca/