Debris

Fishing nets adrift vicinity 35-00N 012-59E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 392/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-03-11 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 135/08 041204Z MAR 08.. Issued 2008-03-04 13:49Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 35.000, 12.983. 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 - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2008-03-04 13:49Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA III 135/08 041204Z MAR 08.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 35.000, 12.983
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. FISHING NETS ADRIFT VICINITY 35-00N 012-59E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 MAR.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

27 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.

Log adrift in 37-29.1N 013-03.9E2021-03-31
Buoy adrift in vicinity 34-42.0N 011-38.4E2021-02-19
Buoy adrift in vicinity 37-14N 010-34E2021-02-19
Log adrift in vicinity 36-30.4N 011-20.7E2020-02-24
Iron tank adrift in vicinity 33-48.5N 011-52.5E on 09 feb2020-02-10
Buoy adrift in 34-37N 010-55E at 092359Z apr2019-04-12

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

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:36Z; 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.