Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 15/02/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 14th 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 15th of February from 00:00 to 02:00 and from 11:00 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 | |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: From 02:00 to 11:00 we went south and then north with the swell.
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 1.
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
During the night we experienced rough weather, with winds of more than 30kt. In the morning the state of the sea improved, but it was still rough for pangas. We just saw a trawler in the ZTA transiting to the north. Around 16:00 we spotted a panga crossing the ZTA, but they stopped inside at the north border and started pulling a net. We contacted the Navy; in the meantime the panga finished retrieving the net, moved to another net that had flags in the water but then they moved again to the position of the first net. The conditions were not good, with winds up to 20kt and the sun setting. A Navy vessel defender arrived at 18:30 when it was already dark and they had difficulties finding the panga, as they had no lights on. The panga left shortly before 19:00 and the defender as well, but another Navy vessel Interceptor arrived to patrol the area.
Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 15th of February.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 17:00, with the panga named Gael (pink circle) retrieving their net.
