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Numerous fishing vessels reported in: a. 46-30N 138-48E

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 4315/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-12-07 10:19Z

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) · NAVAREA XIII 123/18 040901Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-04 10:19Z. 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
Japan Sea. The parsed report position is 47.583, 139.929. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

issued
2018-12-04 10:19Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-12-07 10:19Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 123/18 040901Z DEC 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
47.583, 139.929
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF JAPAN.
RUSSIA.
DNC 24.
1. NUMEROUS FISHING VESSELS REPORTED IN:
   A. 46-30N 138-48E.
   B. 47-20N 139-40E.
   C. 47-55N 140-20E.
   D. 48-35N 140-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071019Z DEC 18.

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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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
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Date-time group (DTG)
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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

7 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:04Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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