Out here, many pots snagged by booms have no ID. The crabs are still tasty, but the owner can't be thanked.Can't you see their spots - they have numbered pot buoys!
When did having an AIS become a requirement?
Politics is not the thing to do here, but on this one its part of the answer methinks. I'll make the point briefly and shut up.
In response to the cancel culture thing going on, you have to have seen there is a backlash where many are just tuning out of anything tracked. Just in anger. Encrypted message apps have skyrocketed among people who do nothing more with them than to schedule lunch plans.
If this simple observation of fact is still too much for the board, I'll apologize up front and ask the mods to delete the post. I'm not trying to pick fights on this.
So a little story about AIS and commercial vessels. Then a 106 ft pleasure boat come barreling up beside my STBD side. He had no AIS transmitting.
So here is an example of a Recreational/Charter not turning on his AIS. He was also suppose to enter the VTS system and he did not.
Question really is; was Mixer required to be transmitting AIS?
I think so.
Effective March 2nd, 2015, certain commercially self-propelled vessels must have a properly installed, operational Automatic Identification System (AIS) no later than March 1st, 2016. The following vessels are required to install and use a Class A AIS transponder:
All commercial vessels of 65 feet or more in length (except as defined below)
Towing vessels of 26 feet or more in length and more than 600 horsepower
...Passenger vessels that are 65 feet or more and certificated to carry less than 150 passengers but operate in a Vessel Traffic Service area or at speeds in excess of 14 knots...
It's not required for pleasure craft, but for some commercial vessels it's required.
Question really is; was Mixer required to be transmitting AIS?
Yes, all that’s understood, but post 13 describes Mixer as commercial, pleasure, recreational and charter. USCG shows her as “Pleasure.”
USCG registration is applicable though and I was alluding to the fact Mixer is USCG registered as recreational, putting it in the pleasure category in Canada, so AIS not mandatory.ASD and Mixer were in Canada at the time. USCG regulations don't apply.
What are the Canadian regulations regarding AIS?
So Mixer is 104 ft. Required to report into Victoria and PR traffic.?USCG registration is applicable though and I was alluding to the fact Mixer is USCG registered as recreational, putting it in the pleasure category in Canada, so AIS not mandatory.
Yes.So Mixer is 104 ft. Required to report into Victoria and PR traffic.?
But not AIS? In Canada?Yes.
"Passengers" imply commercial. Commercial vessels have stated capacities. The regulation would be based on that capacity.Canadian recreational vessels over 20 meters (66') that can carry more than 12 passengers require AIS.
If there are only 2 on board but it CAN carry more than 12, then what?