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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.

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