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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 |
24 April 2024 |
Vessel Name |
Tronio |
Type Gear Lost |
Section and Hooks and Line |
Quantity Lost |
1 Section of 3,324 m. 2,052 Hooks. Nylon branch line and polystyrene hook line |
Position Lost |
-48.5645 7.6667 |
Measures Taken |
N/A |
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 |