Fishing gear with floats abandoned in vicinity 24-42.19S 153-35.29E
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2308/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-09-17 00:48Z
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) · AUSCOAST 174/21 120141Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-12 04:24Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -24.703, 153.588. 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 2308/21 and this msg, gear recoveredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2021-08-12 04:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 174/21 120141Z AUG 21.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -24.703, 153.588
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. FISHING GEAR WITH FLOATS ABANDONED IN VICINITY 24-42.19S 153-35.29E.
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.
- 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 · other warnings
13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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 temporarily anchored in 26-36.55S 153-30.16E at 210506Z jul2026-07-21
- Eight meter concrete pontoon adrift in 26-31.3S 153-26.6E at 232200Z mar2022-03-24
- Fisherman missing in vicinity 24-45.02S 152-37.36E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout,…2019-11-23
- F/V mana anchored in 24-31.55S 152-50.34E2017-01-16
- Scuba diver missing vicinity 24-33.70S 152-49.42E at 050300Z jul2016-07-05
- Australia-east Coast2014-09-28
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:04Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.