Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 01/02/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 31st of January from 20:00 to 23:00 with radar observations. There were no pangas seen either inside or outside of the ZTA.
| Pangas Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Panga counting done during the 1st of February 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 | |
| 15:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 1.
The weather today improved compared to yesterday, but during the morning it was still a bit rough for pangas to come out. Around 14:30 we spotted a panga stopping in the central north area of the ZTA, just at the border but drifting inside. We launched our drone and we saw they were pulling a net, which look like a flounder net. The Navy was contacted at 15:05 and the Interceptor arrived at 16:45; shortly after a second panga arrived, which stayed later on stand by close by. The first panga went to retrieve another net, with the Interceptor supervising them. They left when they finished, and the Interceptor went to speak to the other panga that was standing by, and after the Navy left, they stayed there in the border of the ZTA.
Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 1st of February.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 18:00 where target number 20 is the Interceptor, 16 the panga standing by and 18 the panga retrieving nets.
