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Ship: Seahorse

Name: Laura Sánchez

Date: 30/01/23

Ship’s Activity: Monitoring

Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 29th of January from 20:00 to 23:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen in the ZTA or outside.

Hour Pangas ZTA Pangas Outside ZTA
19:00 1 2
20:00 1 2

Table 2. Panga counting done during the 30th of January from 00:00 to 19:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen in the ZTA or outside.

Hour Pangas Inside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing Crossing
06:00 1 0 1 0 0
07:00 12 0 12 0 0
08:00 21 0 18 0 3
09:00 23 0 23 0 0
10:00 22 0 22 0 0
11:00 21 0 21 0 0
12:00 20 0 20 0 0
13:00 16 0 16 0 0
14:00 14 0 14 0 0
15:00 1 0 1 0 0
16:00 2 0 2 0 0
17:00 1 0 1 0 0
Hour Pangas Outside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
03:00 3 0 0 3
07:00 1 0 0 1
08:00 1 0 0 1
09:00 3 1 0 2
10:00 4 1 0 3
11:00 2 1 1 0
12:00 3 2 1 0
14:00 1 0 0 1

Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 0.

Today was another day with plenty of divers in the ZTA. They started to arrive between 6:00 and 7:00, and by 9:00 there were around 20 diver pangas in the center of the ZTA. Some also stopped in northern areas, which we went to check at 11:00. During the morning there were also around 13 pangas that crossed the area heading northeast; at least two of them with fishing gear on board. Most of the diving pangas stayed in the ZTA for at least 6 hours. At around 15:00 we started to experience some bad weather, that increased during the evening.

Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 30th of January.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 9:00 with around 20 diver pangas in several clusters.

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