Fishing gear with ropes adrift in vicinity 12-19.61S 124-24.85E at 170616Z jan
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 205/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-20 07:00Z
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 3/23 170658Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-17 07:14Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -12.327, 124.414. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-01-17 07:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-01-20 07:00Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 3/23 170658Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -12.327, 124.414
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 04. 1. FISHING GEAR WITH ROPES ADRIFT IN VICINITY 12-19.61S 124-24.85E AT 170616Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200700Z JAN 23.
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
71 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Large cylindrical fads adrift in vicinity 14-20.40S 122-09.90E and 13-43.60S 121-44.90E at 151013Z apr2024-04-15
- Fad with rope adrift in 13-04.90S 122-54.08E2024-03-25
- Fad with rope adrift in 13-06.71S 123-41.05E2024-02-08
- Fad with 200 meter rope adrift in 13-47.13S 123-11.41E at 300716Z dec2023-12-30
- Fad with 30 meter rope adrift in 14-04.70S 122-06.00E at 210725Z sep2023-09-21
- Fad with 30 meter rope adrift in 14-00.00S 122-10.00E at 190549Z sep2023-09-19
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
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…Surveys · 38.2 nm
- Special purpose vessel safe boreas 565905000 supporting underwater operations in an area bounded by…Surveys · 38.2 nm
- Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…Surveys · 70.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:38Z; 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.