Debris

8000 meter fishing net adrift vicinity 39-42N 007-29E at 311445Z may

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1579/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-06-07 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) · NAVAREA III 261/01 AOR-E EGC #578 312117Z MAY 01. Issued 2001-05-31 22:03Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 39.700, 7.483. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued: 2001-05-31 22:03Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA III 261/01 AOR-E EGC #578 312117Z MAY 01
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position: 39.700, 7.483
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. 8000 METER FISHING NET ADRIFT VICINITY 39-42N 007-29E
   AT 311445Z MAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 07 JUN.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

12 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.

Buoy adrift in 37-20.82N 006-15.39E2023-08-22
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 39-53.70N 007-33.40E2023-07-31
Debris adrift in vicinity 37-28.2N 009-10.1E at 091654Z apr 192019-04-12
Object adrift in vicinity 40-37.11N 006-11.00E at 031440Z aug2017-08-03
Ten meter long log adrift vicinity 40-17.9N 005-42.5E at 270756Z may2016-05-27
500 meter long fishing net with red floats adrift in 39-42.5N 010-22.9E at 152014Z jun2005-06-15

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

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:25Z; 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.