th 17 Meeting of the South West Pacific

th 17 Meeting of the South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission National Report by Kingdom of Tonga Hydrographic Unit, Tonga Navy [His Majesty’s Armed Forces] South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Background • Reinvigorate of Hydro. Capability • National Arrangement • Marine and Ports Division (MPD – MOI): Policy • Tonga Navy HU: Operational Survey Capability • 2 Field Teams, Support Office • 1 CAT A, 1 CAT B 2 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Short Term Plan First 12 months • Team Building and Unit Organisation • Training (Formal and Unit Training) • Single Beam Echo Sounder (SBES) Basic Survey (second half 2020) 18 months • Introduce Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) Survey • Indepentant SBES Survey - Data Aquisition & Processing 24 months • Full Independent SBES Survey - Plan, Data Aquition & Processing • Continue to develop MBES capability. 3 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Main achievements during the year • Preliminary Assessment • RAN & TNHU – What we need? • Road Map – How to get there? • Joint Survey with RAN • Support Ports Authority Tonga (PAT) – Late 2019 • Office Space 4 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Main challenges and/or obstructions • Informal National Arrangement • Governance • Stakeholders: Defining of Functions, Roles & Responsibilities • In-house issues • Recruitment • Detail Planning • Initial Set-up 5 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Lessons learned to share • Hydrography Capability building • Challenging but possible – with good planning • High level of support is required • Developing Partners 6 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission

Success stories to share • RAN Support • Joint survey with RAN - late 2019 • New Domestic Wharf • Reinforce the importance of hydrography 7 South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission