Other

Fishing gear, marked by two buoys, abandoned in vicinity 52-03.6N 006-34.2W

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 2473/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-06 11:19Z

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 1058/21 051722Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-05 17:27Z. 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 parsed report position is 52.060, -6.570. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Celtic Sea →

issued
2021-10-05 17:27Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 1058/21 051722Z OCT 21.
issued by
WZ
sea
Celtic Sea
position
52.060, -6.570
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CELTIC SEA.
IRELAND.
DNC 19.
FISHING GEAR, MARKED BY TWO BUOYS, ABANDONED
IN VICINITY 52-03.6N 006-34.2W.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · other warnings

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

99
00
05
10
15
20
24

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 03:03Z; 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.