Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 11/03/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 10th of March from 20:00 to 23:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no Small fishing boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Pangas ZTA | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | Pangas Outside ZTA |
| 23:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Panga counting was done on the 11th of March from 00:00 to 19:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no Small fishing boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 07:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 10:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 12:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 13:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 14:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 15:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 16:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total number of different Small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 1.
Total number of different Small fishing boat fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
At 00:00 on the 11th of march, the radar showed a panga stationary in the ZTA, we started to approach to check if it was fishing, and when we got closer the boat left the area in the direction of San Felipe. After that, the Navy Warship was patrolling the ZTA, we found a large number of migratory birds in the ZTA, mostly Surf Scooters (Melanitta perspicillata). The early morning was calm, until around noon, when a large number of pangas started to arrive at the Central and South area of the Vaquita Refuge, a small number in the buffer zone, but none entered the ZTA to fish. We encountered a Fin Whale and a Bryde’s whale inside the ZTA.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 11th of March 2023.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at noon, The navy warship patrolling inside of the ZTA with target 76, large number of boats in the Vaquita Refuge.
