The commander of US Coast Guard Pacific Area, an Alameda, California-based unit that oversees US Coast Guard activities from the US western states to Asia and from the Arctic to Antarctica, hosted an annual forum summit with coast guard counterparts from five countries on 14, 15 and 16 September.
During this year’s North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Summit, forum members gathered virtually over the course of three days to discuss topics such as challenges in the North Pacific, the need for coordinated responses to those challenges, and Japan Coast Guard’s best practices and lessons learned while supporting the Tokyo Olympics.

Vice Admiral Michael F McAllister commented: ‘The forum presents us the invaluable opportunity to communicate best practices, learn from each other and share information on myriad topics including search and rescue, counterdrug, pollution response, illicit trafficking, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, among others.’