Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 37-44.05S 149-35.04E
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 4179/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-12-24 14:48Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 56/15 240114Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-24 05:53Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -37.734, 149.584. 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
- RACON saumarez reef light 21-39.6S 153-46.0E unreliablelater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2015-12-24 05:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 56/15 240114Z DEC 15.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -37.734, 149.584
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. BASS STRAIT. TASMAN SEA. DNC 05. CHART 75240. FISHING GEAR, MARKED BY BUOYS, ABANDONED IN 37-44.05S 149-35.04E.
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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
25 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperative2026-09-18
- Pyrotechnics exercises 311130Z to 311230Z dec within 500 yards of 37-09.6S 150-19.8E2014-12-31
- Eight meter vessel reported on fire in 36-14.2S 150-30.1E at 160017Z oct2013-10-16
- Cancel this msg 19 aug 132013-08-15
- Helicopter reported ditched one mile east of tathra (36-43.9S 149-59.0E) at 270650Z dec2010-12-27
- Nga chart 75240 (4TH ed)2008-09-17
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
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperativeOther · 68.2 nm
- Drill rig valaris 107/A8GS5 in position 38-17.79S 147-40.57E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 96.4 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder within five miles of trackline…Cable ops · 98.9 nm
- Special purpose vessel responder / V7CY9 / 538001582 conducting cable laying operations 5 nm either side of…Cable ops · 98.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 14:00Z; 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.