IHB File N° P/0002
CIRCULAR LETTER 05/2016
21 January 2016
IHO PUBLICATION M-2
THE NEED FOR NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES
- RELEASE OF EDITION 3.0.5
References:
A. IHO CL 55/2015 dated 5 August - IHO Publication M-2, "The Need for National
Hydrographic Services", Release of Edition 3.0.4
B. IHO CL 87/2015/ Rev.1 dated 15 December - Approval of IHO Work Programme & Budget
for 2016
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The 3rd edition of IHO Publication M-2 – The Need for National Hydrographic Services
which was issued in 2015 (Reference A) has been updated to reflect the changes in the annual
contribution share value, as announced in Reference B and to harmonize the names and status of
coastal States in Annex 4 (Comparison of IMO/SOLAS Signatories and IHO Membership).
2. The updated Edition 3.0.5 of M-2 is now available on the IHO website at: www.iho.int →
Standards & Publications → Download → M-2.
3. The Directing Committee invites Member States to provide any comments or suggestions that
they may have on future updates and revisions to M-2.
On behalf of the Directing Committee
Yours sincerely,
Mustafa IPTES
Director
From: REG <
[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:45 PM
To: 'Argentina'; 'Argentina'; 'Australia'; 'Australia'; 'Bahrain';
'Bahrain';
'Bangladesh'; 'Bangladesh3'; 'Banglasedh2'; 'Belgium'; 'Belgium';
'Belgium';
'Belgium'; 'Belgium'; 'Belgium'; 'Brazil'; 'Brazil'; 'Brunei'; 'Brunei';
'Canada';
'Canada'; 'Chile'; 'Chile'; 'China'; 'China'; 'Croatia'; 'Croatia';
'Croatia'; 'Cuba';
'Cuba'; 'Cyprus'; 'Denmark'; 'Denmark'; 'Denmark'; 'DomRep'; 'DPRK';
'DPRK';
'Egypt-ENHG'; T�nis Siilanarusk; VA_hnt; 'Fiji'; 'Fiji'; 'Finland';
'France';
'Georgia'; 'Germany'; 'Germany'; 'Germany'; 'Greece'; 'Greece';
'Guatemala';
'Iceland'; 'India'; 'India'; 'Indonesia'; 'Indonesia'; 'Iran'; 'Iran';
'Iran'; 'Iran';
'Ireland'; 'Italy'; 'Jamaica'; 'Japan'; 'Korea'; 'Kuwait'; 'Latvia';
'Malaysia';
'Malaysia'; 'Mauritius'; 'Mauritius'; 'Mauritius'; 'Montenegro';
'Mozambique';
'Mozambique'; 'Mozambique'; 'Myanmar'; 'Myanmar'; 'Myanmar';
'Myanmar'; 'Netherlands'; 'NewZealand'; 'Nigeria'; 'Norway'; 'Oman';
'Oman';
'Pakistan'; 'PapuaNG'; 'Philippines'; 'Poland'; 'Portugal'; 'Portugal';
'Portugal';
'Qatar'; 'Romania'; 'Russia'; 'SAfrica'; 'SaudiArabia'; 'SaudiArabia';
'Singapore';
'Slovenia'; 'Slovenia'; 'SriLanka'; 'Suriname'; 'Suriname'; 'Suriname';
'Sweden';
'Sweden'; 'Syria'; 'Thailand'; 'Thailand'; 'Thailand'; 'Tonga'; 'Tonga';
'Trinidad';
'Trinidad'; 'Tunisia'; 'Tunisia'; 'Turkey'; 'UAE'; 'Ukraine'; 'Ukraine';
'UnitedKingdom'; 'Uruguay'; 'USNAVY'; 'USNOAA'; 'USNOAA'; 'USNOAA';
'USNOAA'; 'USNOAA'; 'Venezuela'; 'Vietnam'; 'Astrid.Kalvik'; 'C
Andreasen';
'Celine Buisson Rosvold'; 'ECC'; 'eva.hegland'; 'hs-varna';
'ilda.becirovic'; 'info';
'inst.cartograf'; 'J Lowell NGA'; 'J Rogers NGA'; 'jacek.jagodzinski'; 'K
Alexander
NGA'; 'Minika Bjorge'; 'P Doherty NGA'; 'solvi.tunge'; 'stig.osaland';
'svein.skjaeveland'; 'tonje.mevatne'; 'tore.halset'
Subject: CL 05/2016
Attachments: Cl05e.docx
Dear Hydrographer,
Please find attached herewith :
CL 5/2016 : IHO PUBLICATION M-2 : THE NEED FOR NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC
SERVICES - RELEASE OF
EDITION 3.0.5
Yours sincerely,
IHB
M.MOLLET