Fishing net, marked by buoys, abandoned in vicinity 12-35.7S 125-33.9E at 030458Z nov
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 3148/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-05 12:36Z
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 97/21 030546Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-03 06:19Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.595, 125.565. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-11-03 06:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 97/21 030546Z NOV 21.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.595, 125.565
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. FISHING NET, MARKED BY BUOYS, ABANDONED IN VICINITY 12-35.7S 125-33.9E AT 030458Z NOV.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Unmanned surface vessel reach remote 2 / vkcc / 503189810 conducting subsea operations in an area bound by…2026-09-05
- Numerous fads with ten meter long trailing rope adrift in area within ten miles of 12-35S 122-38E at 180700…2022-01-18
- Fishing net in vicinity 12-41.49S 123-25.42E at 130313Z oct2021-10-13
- 15 meter F/V, blue hull, anchored and requesting assistance in 11-40.35S 125-22.30E2021-07-20
- 4.5 meter net, marked by buoys, abandoned in 11-17.55S 126-24.02E at 010258Z dec2017-12-01
- Six meter tree partially submerged and adrift in 13-58.37S 123-22.72E at 230358Z jun2017-06-23
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
- Special purpose vessel shark 1/T2DT6/572762220 conducting hydrographic survey in an area bounded by 11-30.00…Surveys · 39.7 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V safe boreas in area bound by 12-54.90S…Surveys · 65.9 nm
- Special purpose vessel safe boreas 565905000 supporting underwater operations in an area bounded by…Surveys · 65.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:17Z; 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.