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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
Be
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Stak
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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
rnat
ion
al
Stak
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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