the arctic waterways safety plan
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The Arctic Waterways Safety PlanWillie Goodwin – Chair, Arctic Waterways Safety Committee
Martin Robards
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• Note Sea ice elsewhere• Subsistence
THE CONTEXT FOR DEVELOPING SAFE PRACTICES IN ARCTIC WATERS
Photo: Peak 3/AEWC
Understanding who utilizes Arctic waters and why:• Local Communities• Industrial and Economic
Development
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LOCAL COMMUNITIES– Social Systems Built Around Environmental Systems– Subsistence Hunting Culture• Food Security• Survival Through Adaptation
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DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS
• Environmental Concerns Are Not Primary Motivation
• Motivated by the Need for Business To Succeed
• Able To Adapt To Promote Succes• Critical for Local Employment
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CONFLICT BRINGS DIVERSE INTERESTS
TOGETHER
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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT = RATIONAL
PROBLEM SOLVING• Subsistence Communities Need
Resources To Remain Available–MMPA §101(a)(5)(A), (D): “no
unmitigable adverse impact to the availability” of subsistence resources
• Local Residents Need Jobs• Developers Need To Earn Profit
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RATIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING => SHARED OPPORTUNITY
• Red Dog Mine: Scheduled Trucking Around Caribou Migration
• Conflict Avoidance Agreement: Scheduled Oil and Gas Work Around Marine Mammal Migrations/Hunting
• Arctic Waterways Safety Committee: Identifying Safe Marine Practices To Benefit All Mariners
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SUCCESSFUL STAKEHOLDERS LISTEN AND LEARN
• Value Local Knowledge/Experience• Value Peer-Reviewed Science• Respect the Needs and Concerns of Local Communities• Respect the Operational Needs of Those Who Bring
Economic Opportunity
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A Place in Rapid ChangeNew Visitors to the Arctic & New Risks
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History of AMMC and AWSC
• March 2012 Anchorage AMMC• August 2014 Anchorage AWSC• November 2014 Juneau AWSC• February 2015 Juneau AWSC• June 2015 Anchorage AWSC
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AWSC AREA OF INTEREST
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Standards of Care
• Procedures and practices, beyond regulatory requirements, that experienced and prudent maritime professionals follow to ensure safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible maritime operations;
• ... are “good marine practices” that are developed and published to provide a guide for maritime professionals to consider and incorporate into their decision making process
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Arctic Waterways Safety Planand the Polar Code
• Within the Polar Code, vessel captains are required to: “minimize threats to marine
mammals and indigenous subsistence hunters by avoiding no-go areas.”
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WISE POLICY-MAKERS LISTEN TO SUCCESSFUL STAKEHOLDERS
• Let Those Experiencing a Conflict Work Through to the Resolution
• Stakeholders Will Always Know More Than Policy-Makers About Their Needs
• The Arctic Is Changing Rapidly: Be Fast To Adopt Adaptive Approaches, Slow to Regulate