Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 19/02/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Panga counting done during the night of the 18th of February from 20:00 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 19th 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
07:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
08:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hour | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Note: All the pangas in the buffer zone were crossing.
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
Total number of different pangas fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
06:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
07:00 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
08:00 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
09:00 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
10:00 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
11:00 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
12:00 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
13:00 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
14:00 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
15:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
16:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
17:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
18:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Today the only pangas seen in the ZTA were transiting between San Felipe and the northeast area of the Vaquita Refuge. The ones that were relatively close to our boat when crossing were seen with fishing gear on board (floats with flags) on board. A Navy warship was anchored in the ZTA last night and started moving around 6:30, transiting around the ZTA during the day. One Interceptor also came out to patrol around 17:00.

Figure 1. Panga activity in the ZTA today 19th of February.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 13:00, with one panga crossing back to San Felipe.