Fishing gear abandoned in 40-00.5S 059-55.0W marked with 200 meter long rope with blue and orange buoy
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1501/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-09-19 02:51Z
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 VI 161408Z SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-16 14:33Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -40.008, -59.917. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1501/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-09-16 14:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 161408Z SEP 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -40.008, -59.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. FISHING GEAR ABANDONED IN 40-00.5S 059-55.0W MARKED WITH 200 METER LONG ROPE WITH BLUE AND ORANGE BUOY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 SEP.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- S/V mirabaud dismasted and without navigation lights in 39-43S 056-55W at 181830Z mar2011-03-19
- Nga chart 23020 (4TH ed)2008-01-19
- Navigation interdicted 03 thru 06 nov within 50 miles of 38-01-10S 057-31-30W2005-10-31
- Fishing tackle marked by orange buoys, red flags and two beacons anchored in 42-13.1S 059-55.4W2003-03-17
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 07:49Z; 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.