Debris

20 meter fishing net adrift in vicinity 51-49.05N 007-49.80W at 121820Z oct

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 2531/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-16 20:52Z

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 1092/21 132042Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-13 20:52Z. 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 51.818, -7.830. 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 Celtic Sea →

issued: 2021-10-13 20:52Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-10-16 20:52Z
authority: WZ 1092/21 132042Z OCT 21.
issued by: WZ
sea: Celtic Sea
position: 51.818, -7.830
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.
1. 20 METER FISHING NET ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   51-49.05N 007-49.80W AT 121820Z OCT.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 162052Z OCT 21.

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.
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

79 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.

Fishing nets adrift in 53-28.03N 005-53.40W2024-03-12
Debris from F/V in vicinity 50-02.20N 005-43.70W2023-02-14
Fishing gear adrift in 51-24.9N 007-25.5W at 201219Z jul2021-07-21
Fishing gear, one mile long, adrift in 49-46N 006-03W at 221530Z feb2021-02-22
Odas buoy K1, adrift in 50-01.1N 005-32.0W at 190700Z feb2020-02-19
Odas buoy K1, adrift in 50-01.5N 005-43.4W at 181600Z feb2020-02-18

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 2026-10-01 15:39Z; 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.