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Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=30963' target='_blank'>DOMINION BEARCAT</a> from CA: CANADA.
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<br />Original Requester : Mathieu Ouellet (Mathieu.Ouellet@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
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<br />Proposed Code : 18Y9
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=30963' target='_blank'>DOMINION BEARCAT</a>
<br />Country(s) : CA: CANADA (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 37: Self-propelled boat
<br />MMSI: 316013903
<br />Commissioned Date : 2014
<br />Current Length : 12.8
<br />Built : 1987-10
<br />Previous Name (Notes): MERSEY PRIDE
<br />Notes : Tug boat built as GSI No.1, became Mersey Pride in 1992, became DOMINION BEARCAT in 2014. Bought by Dominion Diving in 2015, used for high volume personnel transfers, tug and towing operations, dive support, hydrographic surveys, and cargo delivery. Used by the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) to deploy a mooring in Bedford Basin in February 2018. Transports Canada Official number 812139
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<br /> Information Sources:
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<br /> - http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/812139
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<br /> - http://sd.ic.gc.ca/pls/engdoc_anon/mmsi_search.Ship_Search_Single?inMMSI=316013903&invesname=ear&inname=&oinmmsi=&incallsign=&invesid=&ininmarsat=
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<br /> - https://dominiondiving.com/marine-services/vessels/#bearcat
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<br /> - https://dominiondiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BEARCAT-spec-sheet-A-frame-November-2017-compressed.pdf
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<br /> - http://shipbuildinghistory.com/canadayards/eastisle.htm
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<br /> - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/718171?context=bzs2RCadTUz44b98w9OBVzbRjCCRHqtQkfL1%2FUlvIZeITok8J5m3I497%2BMckDoVLl%2FfcbHXgUOV6Didsoa93irjyCuyKDI%2Bc%2BCU7sDzWXP4H9Sf9lEjaJN4st28bRWXReJ1TVb0NoqIcmxX4CE%2F2lCDIq4fXSJb5mjpAgoBsuRW5%2FBlNvDvi2tXYirNwj5Wn
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<br /> - http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.dk/2016/12/tugs-at-work-tug-at-rest.html
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<br />No comments have been made about this Code yet.
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />Tel: +45 3338 6718  Fax: +45 3393 4215
<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
<br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/Pages/default.aspx" target="_new">online</a>
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<br /><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application

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