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