Fishing net adrift in 09-48.7S 136-35.3E at 020340Z apr
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1170/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-05 06:01Z
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 XI 225/17 020554Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-02 06:01Z. 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 -9.812, 136.588. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2017-04-02 06:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-04-05 06:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 225/17 020554Z APR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -9.812, 136.588
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 05. 1. FISHING NET ADRIFT IN 09-48.7S 136-35.3E AT 020340Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 050601Z APR 17.
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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
16 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Buoy with rope adrift in vicinity 09-49.1S 137-06.6E at 090805Z mar2021-03-09
- 30 meter long rope with buoy adrift in 09-46.9S 135-54.1E at 120428Z feb2021-02-12
- 30 meter long fishing net adrift in 10-07.5S 135-23.2E at 210838Z oct2020-10-21
- Ten meter log adrift in 09-38.4S 134-01.0E at 080800Z apr2020-04-08
- 50 meter long net adrift in 09-58.6S 136-11.4E at 040424Z jan2020-01-04
- 100 meter long fishing net adrift in 09-59.36S 134-00.34E at 190735Z nov2018-11-19
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 09:27Z; 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.