Following the regulation regarding lost gear contained in the SEAFO System Article 8, The table below shows information regarding lost gear in the SEAFO Convention Area.



Date Lost 28 February 2015
Vessel Name Meridian No. 8
Type Gear Lost Norway buoy(A-6), sinker(70kg), light buoy, buoy line
Quantity Lost Norway buoy(A-6) 2 ea, sinker(70kg) 5ea, light buoy 1ea, buoy line 1,200m
Position Lost -25.7083    5.965
Measures Taken As soon as we found out the gears were lost, we have searched around the lost area. As we could not find out at there, we have followed the tide direction(SW) and kept searching. However, we still have not found out lost fishing gears. We will keep searching and if we find out, we are going to report retrieval of lost gear.


Date Lost 20 February 2017
Vessel Name Noordburg Kalapuse
Type Gear Lost Crab pots, search grabber, 4 line anchors,12 weight bars and 20 floats.
Quantity Lost 3 pots lost offline and 304 pots lost attached to the line. 12 weight bars. Twenty floats attached to the lost line.
Position Lost -26.26694444    6.31777778
Measures Taken Tried to retrieve it but even lost the search grabber in the process


Date Lost 22 February 2017
Vessel Name Noordburg Kalapuse
Type Gear Lost Crab pots, search grabber, 4 line anchors,12 weight bars and 20 floats
Quantity Lost 3 pots lost offline and 304 pots lost attached to the line. Search grabber, 4 anchor lines and 6 weight bars. Twenty floats attached to the lost line.
Position Lost -26.20222222    6.31888889
Measures Taken Tried to retrieve it but even lost the search grabber in the process


Date Lost 08 June 2019
Vessel Name SHINSEI MARU No.3
Type Gear Lost Drop Lines and Hooks
Quantity Lost Drop Lines: 95, Hooks: 1,376
Position Lost -47.75    9.62
Measures Taken Searched around.


Date Lost 12 June 2019
Vessel Name SHINSEI MARU No.3
Type Gear Lost Snaps, swivels, hooks, 9kg weights, anchor, 16mm rope
Quantity Lost 724 Snaps, 180 Swivels, 2896 Hooks, 180 * 9kg weights, 1 Anchor, 5400m 16mm Rope
Position Lost -48.4005    9.4088
Measures Taken Searched around and recovered partially


Date Lost 12 June 2019
Vessel Name SHINSEI MARU No.3
Type Gear Lost Snaps, swivels, radio buoys, light buoys, hooks, 9kg weights, anchors, floats, 18mm rope, 16mm rope
Quantity Lost 724 Snaps, 180 Swivels, 2 Radio Buoys, 2 Light Buoys, , 10 Swivels (Asano AK-13mm), 2896 Hooks, 180 * 9kg weights, 2 Anchors, 10 Floats, 3600 m 18mm Rope, 5400m 16mm Rope
Position Lost -48.4878    9.5092
Measures Taken Searched around. Fully lost


Date Lost 12 June 2019
Vessel Name SHINSEI MARU No.3
Type Gear Lost Radio buoy, light buoy, swivels, floats, 18mm rope
Quantity Lost 1 Radio buoy, 1 light buoy, 5 Swivels (Asano AK-13mm), 5 Floats, 2000m 18mm Rope
Position Lost -48.444    9.3372
Measures Taken Searched around and recovered partially


Date Lost 21 October 2019
Vessel Name SHINSEI MARU No.3
Type Gear Lost Snaps, hooks, weights, anchor, drop line, main line
Quantity Lost 920 Snap, 3680 Hooks, 230 Weights 9 Kg, 1 Anchor,230 Drop line, 6900 Main Line
Position Lost -43.467    -01.217
Measures Taken Searching one end of the main line


Date Lost 14 April 2020
Vessel Name Tronio
Type Gear Lost Section of line and hooks
Quantity Lost 33 sections of line, 3680 Hooks
Position Lost -48.55917    8.025833
Measures Taken Searching


Date Lost 28 December 2020
Vessel Name Seiryo Maru No.1
Type Gear Lost 26mm danline rope and crab pots that were attached to the rope
Quantity Lost 26mm danline rope x 594m, crab pots x 33
Position Lost -25.599    +6.170
Measures Taken Searched for gear, however unable to retrieve.


Date Lost 23 May 2024
Vessel Name Helena Nduma
Type Gear Lost Sections and Hooks
Quantity Lost All gear of 8064 m main line and 5760 hooks and 5 baskets/magazines
Position Lost -42.85    0.5
Measures Taken N/A


Date Lost 28 May 2024
Vessel Name Helena Nduma
Type Gear Lost Sections and Hooks
Quantity Lost All gear of 11289 m main line and 8640 hooks and 7 baskets/magazines
Position Lost -42.935    2.484
Measures Taken N/A


Date Lost 29 April 2025
Vessel Name Tronio
Type Gear Lost Spanish long line (LLS)
Quantity Lost 2772 meters of main line, 2772 meters of hook line, 1512 hooks, 36 connecting rope and 72 weights of 6 kg.
Position Lost -47.540    9.267
Measures Taken Extensive effort were put in to try and retrieve the lost line which broke off in the process. Due to the hardness of the bottom, the depth, and the small amount of gear lost, it is completely impossible to recover this portion of the line.


Date Lost 08 May 2025
Vessel Name Helena Ndume
Type Gear Lost Line with hooks
Quantity Lost 6476m of rope and 4626 hooks
Position Lost -47.33529    -10.483
Measures Taken Search and possible retrieving the lost line by dragging grap with hooks over it several times but we were unsuccessful.


Date Lost 19 May 2025
Vessel Name Tronio
Type Gear Lost Long line (Monofilament)
Quantity Lost Small parts of total 1,1 kg
Position Lost -48.034444    8.601944
Measures Taken Retained on board.