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Fishing gear abandoned in vicinity 72-59.4N 019-45.5E at 291200Z aug

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 238/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-09-01 18:41Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XIX 99/17 291830Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-29 18:41Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Norwegian Sea. The parsed report position is 72.990, 19.758. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →

issued: 2017-08-29 18:41Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-09-01 18:41Z
authority: NAVAREA XIX 99/17 291830Z AUG 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Norwegian Sea
position: 72.990, 19.758
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
SVALBARD.
DNC 22.
CHART 804.
1. FISHING GEAR ABANDONED IN VICINITY
   72-59.4N 019-45.5E AT 291200Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011841Z SEP 17.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Fish aggregating device (FAD): Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

2 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Hazardous operatoins 24 oct thru 12 nov in area bound by 69-44N 012-51E, 71-41N 009-20E, 72-38N 016-02E,…2005-10-23

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:02Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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