Ship: Farley Mowat
Name: Jason Fonseca
Date: 05/11/2022
Ship’s Activity: Patrolling
Table 1. Panga counting done during the 5th of November from 13:30 to 18:30 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen.
| Hour | Panga Inside ZTA | |||
| Total | Shrimp | Divers | Unknown | |
| 13:30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14:30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 15:30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16:30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 17:30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18:30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Panga Outside ZTA | ||||
| Total | Shrimp | Divers | Unknown | ||
| 13:30 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14:30 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15:30 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16:30 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17:30 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18:30 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
Notes: Many pangas were observed around the ZTA during patrolling hours. As we entered the ZTA many more appeared on the radar north of the ZTA. Between 16:30 – 18:30 panga counts became increasingly difficult as many were moving through the ZTA east towards San Felipe. Nearly all these Pangas in the VR were visually seen shrimp fishing, however no media evidence was collected as they were too far to reach.
Figure 1. Panga activity in ZTA during patrolling hours.
Figure 2. Pangas moving through ZTA as we arrived.
Figure 3. Many pangas north of the ZTA came into radar range as we entered and patrolled SW sector of the ZTA.
The data presented in this report was recorded hourly by a biologist and at least one ship officer, by visual and radar observations and supplemented with media material.
