Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 02/02/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 1st of February 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 |
21:00 | 1 | 0 |
Note: One panga seen transiting the ZTA towards San Felipe.
Table 2. Panga counting done during the 2nd 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 | |
06:00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
07:00 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
08:00 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
09:00 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
10:00 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
11:00 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
12:00 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
13:00 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
14:00 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
15:00 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
16:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
17:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
06:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
07:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
08:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
09:00 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
10:00 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
11:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
12:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
13:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
14:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
15:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
16:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
17:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
The day started with a lot of movement in the ZTA. Between 6:00 and 7:00 around 10 pangas crossed the ZTA towards the northwest, and at that time there was 14 diving pangas mostly in the center of the ZTA. By 9:00 that number had increased to 29 pangas clam fishing. At the same time, the number of pangas outside of the ZTA, to the north and south areas also increased; we spotted a couple of pangas crossing to the northwest with fishing gear on board. The majority of the dive pangas stayed in that area for six hours, leaving mostly between 14:00 and 16:00.
During the morning a Navy vessel Defender was spotted around the ZTA patrolling.

Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 2nd of February

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 9:00, around 29 dive pangas in the ZTA.