20 meter long fishing net with debris adrift in 10-21-15S 141-01-12E at 200255Z mar
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 865/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-23 05:20Z
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 45/11 200334Z MAR 11 - AUSSAR 1911/11 CX 200503Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-20 05:28Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.354, 141.020. 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
- issued
- 2011-03-20 05:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-03-23 05:20Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 45/11 200334Z MAR 11 - AUSSAR 1911/11 CX 200503Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -10.354, 141.020
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TORRES STRAIT. 1. 20 METER LONG FISHING NET WITH DEBRIS ADRIFT IN 10-21-15S 141-01-12E AT 200255Z MAR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 862/11, ASSISTANCE RECEIVED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 230520Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
33 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Six meter fad adrift in vicinity 09-56.90S 142-27.80E at 140640Z mar2023-03-14
- Fishing net adrift in vicinity 09-48.93S 141-53.12E at 230707Z jan2023-01-23
- Ten meter log adrift in 09-54.85S 143-22.43E at 190312Z nov2022-11-19
- Four mooring buoys adrift in vicinity 11-28S 139-18E at 100952Z dec2021-12-10
- Nine meter long log adrift in 09-35.23S 143-03.97E at 041050Z aug 212021-08-04
- Three meter fishing net adrift in 09-54.7S 142-05.9E at 242330Z may2021-05-25
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
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 107.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 09:19Z; 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.