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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.

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