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7. REFERENCE
7.1 MARINE FREQUENCIES
Refer to Table 7-1: Marine Frequencies for a list of maritime frequencies per United States Coast Guard
(USCG), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Canadian Department Fisheries
and Oceans, August 2009:
• United States (US)
• International (Intl)
• Canada (CA)
Table 7-1: Marine Frequencies
CHANNEL USAGE
1 1
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
1a
US: Port Operations and Commercial, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS). New
Orleans/Lower Mississippi area.
2 2
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
3 3
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
4
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
4a
Canada: Department Fisheries Ocean (DFO)/Canadian Coast Guard only in
British Columbia coast area. Commercial fishing in east coast area
5
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
5a 5a
US: Port Operations or VTS in Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas.
6 6 6
156.30
156.30
International: Intership
Canada: May be used for search and rescue communications between
7
International: Public Correspondence, Port Operations
7a 7a
8 8 8
156.40
156.40
US: Commercial (Intership only)
International: Intership
Canada: Also assigned for intership in the Lake Winnipeg area.
9 9 9
156.45
156.45
US: Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial.
International: Intership, Port Operations
Canada: Commercial - British Columbia coast area.
May be used to communicate with aircraft and helicopters in predominantly
maritime support operations.