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Jon Huggins

Oceans Beyond Piracy

CLS Conference on MSA Toulouse, FRA, Feb 2016

Objective Reporting Coastal/Maritime Development

Fighting Piracy Ashore

Addressing Somali Piracy

Maritime Communications Initiative

Coastal Development

Seafarer Support - Hostage Support Partnership

State of Maritime Piracy

2014

Securing Somalia’s Fisheries

Cost of Piracy – Maintaining Deterrence

Are we getting close

to the edge??

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Galkayo

Hostages Held

Actors on the Ground • UNODC • EUCAP NESTOR • OBP • Turkey • UAE

“Inkspots” of capability • Berbera • Bosasso • Mogadishu • Puntland Maritime Police Force

Questions on current state of Threat • Definitions/Screening/Analysis • Chatham House Event – 1 March

CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND

Berbera

Training conducted by EUNAVFOR vessel EUFRT, a German corvette attached to Op Atalanta.

• The current MSA framework and its associated system architecture must be sustained.

• Effective MSA must continue based on mutual commitments and shared responsibility: 1. Credible maritime law enforcement response 2. Continued participation in reporting mechanisms and

sharing of evidence by the private sector

• All stakeholders must encourage and support the long-

term development of regionally-led MSA capability – based upon and integrated with the existing framework.

Framing Concepts

The Long term MSA planning must take existing and aspirational structures into consideration:

1. Crisis response institutions (Finite mandates)

2. Crisis Response Mechanisms (Undetermined Mandates)

3. Permanent Structures

4. Aspirational Programs and Capabilities

5. Technical Infrastructure

Planning Based on Current Structure

Different Types of MSA

Traffic Awareness Threat Awareness Response Awareness

MSA Overview

Maritime Traffic Awareness Maritime Threat Awareness Maritime Response Awareness

Def

init

ion

Regional

International

Threatening Vessels

Shore-based threats

Response options

Response Coordination

Legal Finish

Co

ntr

ibu

tio

ns Technical Systems

Reporting Schemes

Fusion/analysis

Reporting of all incidents

Vulnerable vessel

awareness

Timely warnings

Convoys in the GoA

Escorts

Prosecution support

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nal

Stak

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old

ers Nations: Manage

maritime resources

Shipping: Support

maritime law

enforcement

Nations: Knowledge of

threats

Shipping: Awareness of

attacks

Nations: Neutralizing

threats in EEZs and TTWs

Shipping: Reasonable

expectation of response

Inte

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ion

al

Stak

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old

ers Navies: Basis for threat-

and response awareness

Industry: Supports

maritime law

enforcement

Navies: Knowledge of

threats

Industry: Awareness

about pirate activity

Navies: Neutralizing

piracy threats support

legal finish

Industry: Expectation of

incident response

• Alignment of Effort

• Current framework is successful

• Parallel processes are counter-productive

• Enable regional participation in existing framework

• Regional Aspirations

• Focused through defined areas of MSA

• MSA for piracy synergies with combatting maritime crime in the TTW and EEZ

• Timelines

• Proposed timelines may be too optimistic

• Consequences if current system is disbanded

• Sustainability

• Political commitments for continued MSA should be clear and long-term

• Region should be expected to shoulder some of the burden

• International actors need to support training and gradual increase in regional ownership.

• Aligning Emerging Programs

• New programs undefined – under consideration

• Fill gaps and defined aspirations

Considerations

1. Venue to continue long term planning discussions

2. Sustaining commitment by Industry, International Community and Regional Countries

3. Regional country aspirations

4. Retaining the legacy (lessons learned) and expertise gained over the last 6 years

5. Coordinated messaging

6. Technical and practical recommendations

Recommendations

What is needed? • Traffic Awareness • Threat Awareness • Response Awareness

Avoid Creating New Gaps

Qualifiers • Minimum Points of Contact • Trusted Centers • No parallel systems • International Support for Region