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800 fishing nets, marked by buoys in area bound by 48-57N 005-37W, 48-49N 005-37W, 48-49N 005-31W, 48-57N…

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 2092/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-06-30 12:39Z

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 699/20 291517Z JUN 20.. Issued 2020-06-29 15:42Z. 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
Celtic Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2020-06-29 15:42Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 699/20 291517Z JUN 20.
issued by
WZ
sea
Celtic Sea
position
48.883, -5.567
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CELTIC SEA.
ENGLISH CHANNEL.
FRANCE.
DNC 20.
800 FISHING NETS, MARKED BY BUOYS
IN AREA BOUND BY
48-57N 005-37W, 48-49N 005-37W,
48-49N 005-31W, 48-57N 005-31W.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

189 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-09-29 08:10Z; 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.