The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's released the following Special Warning to Mariners today June 10, 2008. SPECIAL WARNING NUMBER 124. NICARAGUA. 1. MARINERS OPERATING SMALL VESSELS SUCH AS YACHTS AND FISHING BOATS SHOULD NOTE THAT NICARAGUA HAS BOUNDARY DISPUTES WITH ITS NEIGHBORS IN BOTH ITS CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC WATERS, AND SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. 2. THE CARIBBEAN WATERS LYING GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE 15TH PARALLEL AND EAST OF THE 82ND UP TO THE 79TH MERIDIANS ARE SUBJECT TO A CURRENT DISPUTE BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND COLOMBIA. 3. THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE HAS DELIMITED A NEW MARITIME BOUNDARY LINE AWARDING MARITIME AREAS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED BY HONDURAS ABOVE THE 15TH PARALLEL AND APPARENTLY EAST OF THE 82ND MERIDIAN. 4. THE NICARAGUAN NAVY IS PATROLLING PORTIONS OF THIS MARITIME SPACE, ENFORCING THE REQUIREMENT THAT FISHING VESSELS HOLD A VALID NICARAGUAN FISHING LICENSE, AND HAS SEIZED VESSELS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. 5. THERE HAVE BEEN CASES WHERE NICARAGUAN AUTHORITIES HAVE SEIZED FOREIGN-FLAGGED FISHING AND OTHER VESSELS OFF THE NICARAGUAN COAST. THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA IMPOSES HEAVY FINES ON PARTIES CAUGHT FISHING ILLEGALLY WITHIN WATERS OF NICARAGUA'S JURISDICTION. 6. WHILE IN ALL CASES PASSENGERS AND CREW HAVE BEEN RELEASED WITHIN A PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS, IN SOME CASES THE SHIPS HAVE BEEN SEARCHED, PERSONAL GEAR AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT HAS DISAPPEARED, AND NICARAGUAN AUTHORITIES HAVE HELD SEIZED VESSELS FOR EXCESSIVE PERIODS. 7. PROMPT U.S. EMBASSY CONSULAR ACCESS TO DETAINED U.S. CITIZENS ON NICARAGUA'S CARIBBEAN COAST MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN NOTIFICATION DUE TO THE RELATIVE ISOLATION OF THE REGION. 8. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTED INCIDENTS OF PIRACY IN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC WATERS OFF THE COAST OF NICARAGUA, BUT THE NICARAGUAN NAVY HAS INCREASED ITS PATROLS AND NO RECENT INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 9. CANCEL SPECIAL WARNING NUMBER 95.//