The radio services at each harbour can call upon the volunteer crews of the RNLI lifeboats stationed in each island and on Channel Island Air Search, based at Guernsey Airport.
He said significant developments around St Peter Port harbour - proposed in the Public Services Department's Ports Master Plan - would give a good opportunity for a statue to be incorporated.
Police spokesman Oliver Soko said a massive joint police and Malawi Lake Services rescue operation is underway around Chipoka Harbour where the overloaded boat capsized.
South West Trains is operating a limited service of two services per hour and First Great Western is running one service per hour through to Portsmouth Harbour.