50 meter long fishing net in 11-06.5S 138-56.9E at 070230Z apr 21
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1053/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-03-25 12:51Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 29/21 070244Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-07 04:04Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -11.108, 138.948. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-04-07 04:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 29/21 070244Z APR 21.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -11.108, 138.948
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 05. 50 METER LONG FISHING NET IN 11-06.5S 138-56.9E AT 070230Z APR 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
18 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Booby island (weather station) in position 10-36.15S 141-54.61E inoperative2026-08-21
- Booby island (tide gauge) in position 10-36.15S 141-54.61E inoperative2026-08-21
- S/V follow through caught in fish nets in 08-41.95S 140-23.37E at 150900Z nov2023-11-15
- Gannet passage waverider buoy 10-35.41S 141-52.18E unreliable2023-08-15
- Gannet passage waverider buoy 10-35.41S 141-52.18E unreliable2023-01-16
- Eight meter hull adrift in vicinity 10-18.30S 141-39.40E at 020815Z jan2023-01-02
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:17Z; 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.