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Fishing net, marked by buoys, abandoned in 37-04.4S 175-55.7E

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1567/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-11-17 18:15Z

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) · CNW 110/17 030157Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-03 02:17Z. 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
South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -37.073, 175.928. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2017-05-03 02:17Z
status
Archived notice
authority
CNW 110/17 030157Z MAY 17.
issued by
CNW
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-37.073, 175.928
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND-NORTHEAST COAST.
DNC 06.
CHART 76050.
FISHING NET, MARKED BY BUOYS, ABANDONED
IN 37-04.4S 175-55.7E.

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.
Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

25 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 01:53Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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