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Abandoned fishing gear is located in the Bay of Biscay, France, near 46-16.00N 002-18.00W.

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 142/23

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AVURNAV BREST 20/23 180910Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-18 09:19Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.267, -2.300. 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: 2023-01-18 09:19Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AVURNAV BREST 20/23 180910Z JAN 23.
issued by: AVURNAV BREST
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 46.267, -2.300
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
FRANCE.
DNC 08.
FISHING GEAR ABANDONED IN VICINITY
46-16.00N 002-18.00W.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

43 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity until 22 feb2024-02-21
Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity2024-02-13
Ile d yeu light 46-43.04N 002-22.92W at reduced intensity2024-01-08
Submerged orange object in vicinity 47-02.00N 003-17.00W2023-10-26
Ile vierge light 48-38.33N 004-34.04W at reduced intensity2023-01-23
Contis lighthouse 44-05.60N 001-19.10W at reduced intensity2022-10-25

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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:56Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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

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.