Editing Mayday (section)

===Silencing other communications traffic===
{{See also|Radio silence}}
"Seelonce mayday" (using an approximation of the French pronunciation of ''{{lang|fr|silence}}'') is a demand that the channel only be used by the vessel/s and authorities involved with the distress. The channel may not be used for normal working traffic until "seelonce feenee" is broadcast. "Seelonce mayday" and "seelonce feenee" may only be sent by the controlling station in charge of the distress. The expression "stop transmitting – mayday" is an aeronautical equivalent of "seelonce mayday". "Seelonce distress" and "prudonce" are no longer in use since ITU WRC-07.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The format for a "seelonce mayday" is MAYDAY, All Stations x3 or [Interfering station] x3, this is [controlling station], SEELONCE MAYDAY.<ref name="ITU-RR-2016">{{cite web |title=Radio Regulations, edition of 2016 |url=http://handle.itu.int/11.1004/020.1000/1.43 |website=ITU |publisher=International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925015120/https://www.itu.int/en/history/Pages/RadioRegulationsA.aspx?reg=1.43 |url-status=live }}</ref>

"Seelonce feenee" (from French ''{{lang|fr|silence fini}}'', 'silence finished') means that the emergency situation has been concluded and the channel may now be used normally. "Distress traffic ended" is the aeronautical equivalent of "seelonce feenee".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egmdss.com/gmdss-courses/mod/resource/view.php?id=67|title=DISTRESS alert (GMDSS)|first=Spinaker|last=d.o.o|website=egmdss.com|access-date=20 July 2018|archive-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416094125/http://www.egmdss.com/gmdss-courses/mod/resource/view.php?id=67|url-status=live}}</ref>

The format for the "seelonce feenee" is MAYDAY, All stations x3, this is [controlling station] x3, date and time in UTC, distressed vessels MMSI number, distressed vessels name, distressed vessels call sign, SEELONCE FEENEE.<ref name="ITU-RR-2016" />