Bering Sea
IHO sea area 55 · -180° to 180° E, 51° to 67° N
- in force
- 4
- last 12 months
- 19
- archive messages
- 626
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
626 messages are recorded since 1979-11-08 for the Bering Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Spills accounts for 166 of 626 recorded messages (27%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2025-06-10 06:19ZIn the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
In force now · 4
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
Longest in force
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
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By category · available archive
| Spills | 166 | 27% |
| Exercises | 162 | 26% |
| Quakes | 127 | 20% |
| Nav aids | 54 | 9% |
| Other | 40 | 6% |
| Surveys | 27 | 4% |
| Incidents | 26 | 4% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 0% |
| Debris | 2 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 622 cancelled
- NOAAORR-7139 · Spills1996-05-11 → 1996-05-25On may 13, 1996, approximately 1,000 fish fry at a hatchery on the iluliuk river near unalaska, alaska were…
- NOAAORR-7131 · Spills1996-02-16 → 1996-03-01Paul island, alaska
- NOAAORR-7106 · Spills1995-07-24 → 1995-08-07Sequam island, aleutian island chain, alaska
- NOAAORR-7034 · Spills1994-08-10 → 1994-08-24Cape nome, n side of norton sound
- NOAAORR-7030 · Spills1994-07-24 → 1994-08-07Unimak pass, aleutian islands, alaska
- NOAAORR-6992 · Spills1994-02-22 → 1994-03-08Paul island, pribilof islands, bering sea
- NOAAORR-6983 · Spills1994-02-02 → 1994-02-16George island, pribilof islands, bering sea
- NOAAORR-6938 · Spills1993-04-12 → 1993-04-26Umnak island, aleutian islands, alaska
- NOAAORR-6906 · Spills1992-10-29 → 1992-11-12Dutch harbor, ak
- NOAAORR-6881 · Spills1992-03-21 → 1992-04-04Captains bay, unalaska island, alaska
- NOAAORR-6833 · Spills1991-09-04 → 1991-09-18Sozavarika island, alaska
- NOAAORR-6830 · Spills1991-08-23 → 1991-09-06Dutch harbor, alaska
- NOAAORR-6826 · Spills1991-08-13 → 1991-08-27Atka island, aleutian island chain, alaska
- NOAAORR-6825 · Spills1991-08-10 → 1991-08-24Barge b&r #5; port clarence, alaska
- NOAAORR-6813 · Spills1991-05-29 → 1991-06-12Bristol bay, bering sea, alaska
- NOAAORR-6803 · Spills1991-04-22 → 1991-05-06Dutch harbor, alaska
- NOAAORR-6789 · Spills1991-02-08 → 1991-02-22Unalaska island, alaska
- NOAAORR-6783 · Spills1991-01-03 → 1991-01-17Kashega bay, unalaska island, alaska
- NOAAORR-6772 · Spills1990-11-29 → 1990-12-13Seguam island, alaska
- NOAAORR-6770 · Spills1990-11-19 → 1990-12-03Little diomede island, alaska
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.