Anchoring, flat fishing, dredging, and navigating with paid out anchor chain is prohibited until further…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1944/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-01-18 15:08Z
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) · VLADIVOSTOK 242/05 NOV 05.. Issued 2005-11-21 01:50Z. 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
- Japan Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2005-11-21 01:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- VLADIVOSTOK 242/05 NOV 05.
- issued by
- VLADIVOSTOK
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 51.473, 140.860
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ANCHORING, FLAT FISHING, DREDGING, AND NAVIGATING WITH PAID OUT ANCHOR CHAIN IS PROHIBITED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN AREA BOUND BY 51-27.98N 140-52.07E, 51-29.02N 140-49.54E, 51-29.24N 140-49.82E, 51-28.22N 140-52.26E, 51-27.94N 140-53.74E, 51-27.69N 140-53.56E.
Reading this warning
- Dredging
- A dredger is deepening a channel or moving sediment, often with floating or submerged pipelines to the shore.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
131 within 180 nm since 2000 · 5 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Survey operations in progress until 25 oct by M/V fyodor kovrov in area bound by 53-46.10N 141-20.00E,…2026-09-19
- Survey operations in progress until 25 oct by M/V fyodor kovrov in area bound by 53-55.97N 142-53.27E,…2026-09-15
- Survey operations in progress until 25 oct by M/V fyodor kovrov in areas bound by: a. 53-55.97N 142-53.27E,…2026-09-14
- Underwater operations 25 may thru 31 dec in area bound by 51-34.92N 143-24.27E, 51-34.90N 144-06.22E,…2026-05-22
- Underwater operations 01 may thru 31 oct in areas bound by: a. 51-27.95N 143-26.72E, 51-29.25N 143-45.52E,…2026-04-23
- Survey operations 25 jun until further notice by vessels in area bound by 52-37.78N 143-52.27E, 52-38.92N…2025-06-24
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 11:18Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.