It is Not the Same Sea: Reconciling multiple waterway uses in the PACPARS
Overlapping waterway uses are increasing due to larger commercial vessels, expanding marine sanctuaries, additional military practice ranges, growing alternative energy production, and requirements for temporary hazard areas for launch or reentry of space vehicles. Seeing the need to reconcile the physical requirements of all these interests and stakeholders prompted Coast Guard Pacific Area Districts 11 and 13 to conduct a Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study (PAC-PARS). The study involved an in-depth vessel traffic analysis combined with public outreach, comments, and contributions to evaluate the need for new or modified vessel routes. The team aimed to accommodate all reasonable waterway uses to the extent practical while providing for safety of navigation along the Pacific Coast. Finding this solution inevitably resulted in some sharing and concessions, but Districts 11 and 13 found ways to ensure each conflicting space usage worked to protect the safe navigation of vessels without encroaching on other uses.
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Authors:
- Conrad, Sara
- Publication Date: 2023
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References;
- Pagination: pp 83-87
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Serial:
- Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
- Volume: 80
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
- Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Maritime safety; National security; Ports; Routes; Strategic planning; Water traffic
- Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
- Geographic Terms: Pacific Coast (United States)
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01904145
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 5 2024 2:28PM