Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 12/03/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 11th 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 | ZTA | ZTA Buffer Zone | Outside ZTA |
| 20:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 12th 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 | |
| 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hour | Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 09:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 16:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 18:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Total number of different Small fishing boat fishing today in the ZTA: 2.
Total number of different Small fishing boat fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 4.
Fishing boats started to arrive at the VaquitaRefuge around 9:00 am, they spend most of the morning and the afternoon stationary in the south of the area. Around 15:30 we observed a small boat inside of the ZTA close to the west border with the buffer zone and stayed in the same position for some minutes, we approach and launched the drone to confirm if they were fishing, when we arrived we confirmed 4 individuals, and fishing gear in the boat, they left after seeing the drone flying over, they were without name or registration. Then around 17:45, we confirmed another boat inside of the ZTA, we approached and 4 individuals were pulling fishing gear from the water, they realized we were going to their position and they left the area on the way to San Felipe.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 12th of March 2023.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot with location of the Small fishing boat fishing inside of the ZTA closing to the west border, The navy warship patrolling inside of the ZTA with target 95.
