3531/2026

Submarine cable operations off Biarritz-Cap Breton-Mimizan with 500 m safety corridor

ActiveReceived 30 Sept 2026, 09:27 UTC

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Area: CANTABRICO Valid from 02 Oct 2026 OPERATION_ON_CABLE BIARRITZ - CAP BRETON - MIMIZAN by vessel NG WORKER regulated area fishing with fixed and towed gear, anchoring, and diving are temporarily prohibited in a corridor of 500 m on either side of the submarine cable route. order 2026/170 of the Préfecture Maritime de l'Atlantique in force block zones 1.B and 1.D of the order

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Cable operation by vessel NG WORKER in the Cantabrico area between Biarritz, Cap Breton and Mimizan. From 02 Oct 2026 a regulated corridor of 500 m on either side of the submarine cable route is established. Fishing with fixed and towed gear, anchoring and diving are temporarily prohibited in the corridor. The restriction is by Préfecture Maritime de l'Atlantique order 2026/170 (zones block 1.B and 1.D).

Do not fish with fixed or towed gear, do not anchor and do not dive within 500 m either side of the cable route; navigate with caution and keep clear of the cable operation vessel.

Type: Cable / pipeline work · severity moderate
Feed: Cable and pipeline operationsAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
Location: Cantabrico - Biarritz to Cap Breton to Mimizan
Validity: From 02 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Valid from 02 Oct 2026
Hazards: submarine cable operations, regulated exclusion corridor
Keep clear: 0.27 NMcorridor de 500 m de part et d’autre du tracé du câble sous-marin

Vessels involved

NG WORKER · cable ship

Worked out automatically from the warning text on 09 Oct 2026, 14:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.

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