Debris

20,000 meter long fishing nets marked by floats adrift in 44-44N 002-08W

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 1106/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-07-10 00:00Z

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) · MRCC ETEL 032151Z JUL 08.. Issued 2008-07-03 22:57Z. 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: Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 44.733, -2.133. 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 Bay of Biscay →

issued: 2008-07-03 22:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC ETEL 032151Z JUL 08.
issued by: MRCC ETEL
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 44.733, -2.133
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. 20,000 METER LONG FISHING NETS MARKED
   BY FLOATS ADRIFT IN 44-44N 002-08W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 JUL.

Reading this warning

Fish aggregating device (FAD): Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

14 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

250 meter long cable with yellow buoy adrift in vicinity 43-35.04N 001-51.48W2024-04-26
Five meter white cubic object adrift in 47-01.58N 004-05.55W2023-10-09
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 44-45.68N 004-03.30W at 071100Z aug2023-08-07
Buoy, red, adrift in vicinity 44-48.06N 004-13.09W2023-04-30
Submerged object in 45-52.67N 001-56.53W2022-09-07
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-55.00N 005-17.00W at 010500Z sep2022-09-01

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

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:00Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.