Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 14/02/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 13th of February from 19:00 to 00:00 with radar observations. There were no pangas seen either inside or outside of the ZTA.
| Total | Pangas ZTA | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | Pangas Outside ZTA |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Panga counting done during the 14th 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 | |
| 01:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 06:00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 07:00 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 08:00 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13:00 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 14:00 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 15:00 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 16:00 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Hour | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 01:00 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 02:00 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 09:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 15:00 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| 16:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Note: Rows with dashed lines below to the hours where trawlers were seen as described below.
| Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 02:00 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
We documented some activity in the area during the night. At midnight we spotted two trawlers at the southwest corner of the ZTA, just outside the buffer zone. They went up north, following the ZTA north line but staying out. Around 1:30 another trawler appeared and crossed to San Felipe through the middle of the ZTA, and after that other two trawlers came from the north heading towards San Felipe as well, but crossed through the buffer zone.
Before the first lights there were already about 7 dive pangas in the center of the ZTA, and their numbers increased to a maximum of 37 at 11:00.
At 14:00 we spotted two trawlers in the buffer zone heading to San Felipe; one of them was still around at 15:00. After 17:00 the sea state started to increase, and the ZTA was empty.
Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 14th of February.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 11:00, with more than 35 diver pangas in the ZTA.
