b'HOW PVA BENEFITS YOUand facilitate good conversationsokay to help, too. In numerous cities,any questions about Industry Day between Coast Guard and industryboth industry and Coast Guard workmeetings, or want to know more about on opportunities for partnering to findtogether to shoulder the planning andthe topics PVA discussed, feel free to workable solutions to challenges facingmodest costs associated with hostingcontact me at jwilk@passengervessel.everyone.these valuable workshops. If you havecom. We are working for you. nPVA appreciates the Coast Guard holding these events every year, but this year in particular, we are espe-cially thankful that these events came together. Earlier this year, Industry Days were negatively impacted by the federal government shutdown. Many of these critical meetings were in jeopardy of being cancelled, postponed or almost not happening at all due to the funding lapse.Once the government re-opened, aPublic Tickets & number of these events came togetherPrivate Charterswith a great deal of last-minute effort. Despite this obstacle, Industry Day.together at lastevents were held with strong program-ming and high attendance. Workshops were held in cities across the countryEFFORTLESSIntegrated online, phone including New York, NY, Boston, MA,RESERVATIONS and walk-up bookingsPortland, ME, Chicago, IL, Key Largo,+ TICKETINGFL, Seattle, WA, Long Beach, CA, SanAutomated conrmation, Diego, CA and many more.for Passenger Vessels andreminder and follow-up emailsAs presenters, PVA discussedWater Sportscombating illegal charters and led the conversation on industry reporting,Marketing and Search public safety education, and CoastEngine Optimization (SEO)Guard enforcement.Good progress is being made in certain areas in com- Personalized set-up, training batting illegal charters, with the Coastand support includedGuard issuing more civil fines to violators; however there is still much work to be done nationwide.Manage your entire business fromPVA also talked about recentlya single, integrated platformpassed legislation of interest toEFFORTLESSoperators. Making permanent theCONTRACTSsmall vessel exemption from the Vessel General Permit regulations, alleviat- for Charters, Schools, and Tour Groupsing official logbook requirements, and eliminating the radar refresherCustom PDF contractsDetailed reports for training course requirement for somewith fully-trackableevent planning and mariners, were all new statutoryversioning nancial trackingchanges that PVA advocated for, which benefited passenger vessel operators.Support for privateResource tracking for Industry Day gatherings are incharters, schools andmulti-use inventorymany port areas nationwide, but theretour groupsis still room for growth. If there is not an Industry Day meeting held in your area, feel free to encourage your localSCHEDULE A DEMOCoast Guard office to host one. ItsW W W . S T A R B O A R D S U I T E . C O MAPRIL 2019FOGHORN 39'