Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned and adrift in area bound by 50-03.50N 003-31.00W, 50-02.90N…
English Channel · HYDROLANT 1647/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-25 00:23Z
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) · WZ 548/23 220000Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-22 00:32Z. 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
- English Channel. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2023-07-22 00:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-07-25 00:23Z
- authority
- WZ 548/23 220000Z JUL 23.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.053, -3.525
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLISH CHANNEL. ENGLAND. DNC 20. 1. FISHING GEAR, MARKED BY BUOYS, ABANDONED AND ADRIFT IN AREA BOUND BY 50-03.50N 003-31.00W, 50-02.90N 003-31.00W, 50-02.90N 003-32.00W, 50-03.40N 003-32.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250023Z JUL 23.
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.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
115 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Submerged fishing net adrift in 48-09.04N 005-29.24W2024-04-29
- Cylindrical yellow special mark buoy adrift in 49-10.74N 005-03.65W2024-04-11
- Eight meter object adrift in 49-36.00N 002-03.00W at 051300Z dec2023-12-05
- Eight meter object adrift in 49-44.00N 002-21.00W at 050451Z dec2023-12-05
- Six eight meter long objects adrift in 49-53.00N 003-01.00W at 041944Z dec2023-12-04
- Six eight meter long objects adrift in 49-44.00N 003-03.00W at 040600Z dec2023-12-04
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 2026-09-30 04:10Z; 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.