America's Waterway Watch

 

 

Wonder what to do when seeing suspicious activity on or near a waterway. 

Admiral Thad Allen explains in this three minute video.  Click the button below.

 

 

 

 

 

America’s Waterway Watch (AWW) is a Counter Terrorism public outreach effort by the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and other federal, state and local agencies tasked with the responsibility of maritime security. The purpose of America’s Waterway Watch is to use the “eyes and ears” of waterfront users, such as boaters, marina operators and other waterfront concessionaires, to detect and report suspicious activity that may be terrorist related.

 

District 11 North comprises one of the largest concentrations in the number and the size of the area occupied by the physical locations of ports, port support facilities, and waterfront located industries on the West Coast. The San Francisco Bay Area not only represents a major Critical Maritime Infrastructure vitally essential to the U.S. economy, it also presents possibly the highest visibility on an international scale of being an attractive and vulnerable terrorist target.

 

Therefore, Waterway Watch efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area should be concentrated on potential Maritime Infrastructure targets.  This would include all bridges, all port and port service facilities in San Francisco and Oakland particularly. Port facilities and oil refineries in Richmond. And, finally, the Waterway Watch program would include any industry, any fenced area, any building, or any waterfront facility, pier, or berth area that has a MARSEC sign displayed.

 

 

Additional Information on MARSEC Levels...link