Operations Dept.
Operations is where doctrine meets water. The department plans and prosecutes every field action — shadowing illegal fleets, cutting ghost nets, recovering animals and evidence — under the four-tier Intervention Doctrine and the standing rules of engagement. Nothing here is improvised; everything here is logged.
What Operations Does
Closing the Distance
Crewed hulls and submersibles shadow, intercept, and disrupt illegal fishing and trafficking — escalating only as far up the tier ladder as cause permits. See the fleet and the Intervention Doctrine.
The Watch
Tasking, asset allocation, and the live operational picture run from Dispatch, in concert with NEREID. One watch holds the clock and the abort authority.
Proof Over Force
The strongest blow we strike is proof. Field teams collect to forensic chain-of-custody standard; the Evidence registry holds it.
FORs & Recovery
Every action begins as a field operation request, scoped and authorized before a hull moves. See field operations for the standing record.
The Intervention Tier Ladder
No hand moves past its authorized tier without cause logged and counter-signed. Escalation is earned, not assumed.
Operational Cycle
- Tasking. A target is prioritized from an Intelligence dossier and a field operation request is opened.
- Plan & authorize. Crew, hull, and tier ceiling are set; Dispatch and Command sign off.
- Prosecute. The operation runs under continuous telemetry to NEREID, abort authority held on-watch.
- Recover & preserve. Animals, evidence, and people are recovered to standard and logged.
- After-action. Every maneuver is reconstructed and reviewed against doctrine.