20 meter long fishing net adrift in 11-01.8S 132-09.5E at 200549Z may
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1475/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-23 07:59Z
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 26/16 200613Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-20 07:59Z. 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 -11.030, 132.158. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1060/16, 1353/16, 1395/16, 1418/16, 1420/16, 1429/16, 1454/16, 1475/16, 1490/16later cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-05-20 07:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-23 07:59Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 26/16 200613Z MAY 16.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -11.030, 132.158
- 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 04, DNC 05. 1. 20 METER LONG FISHING NET ADRIFT IN 11-01.8S 132-09.5E AT 200549Z MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 230759Z MAY 16.
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
80 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Fad adrift in vicinity 09-50.77S 131-07.97E at 160413Z jun2025-06-16
- Fishing gear with rope adrift in vicinity 09-48.50S 130-56.80E at 130322Z jan2023-01-13
- Fad with rope adrift in 10-30.85S 131-49.40E at 010424Z nov2022-11-01
- Fishing gear, marked by buoy, adrift in vicinity 10-07.00S 131-03.00E at 070122Z oct2022-10-07
- 12 meter log adrift in vicinity 09-59.20S 131-56.20E at 280317Z sep2022-09-28
- Seven meter raft adrift in vicinity 09-53.30S 131-36.90E at 180610Z sep2022-09-18
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 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.