Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 14/03/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 13th 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 14th of March from 00:00 to 19:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 06:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 07:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 08:00 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 09:00 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 16:00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hour | ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 01:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 02:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 05:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 06:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 07:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 07:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Total number of different boats fishing today in the ZTA: 4.
Total number of different boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 1.
We found Small fishing boats sitting inside the buffer zone from midnight till 6:00, half an hour later more Small fishing boats started to get inside the ZTA and cross to the north zone. We launched the drone and confirmed fishing gear inside, 5 persons and no name or id in the boat, after some minutes they left for the buffer zone.
An hour later more boats started to enter the ZTA and go to the north zone, one of the Small fishing boats crossed very close to us, with no registration number or name. We took some pictures and we confirmed people that who were fishing twice on the 13 of march, started to gather in the north zone of the buffer zone.
At 7:27 we observed two pangas fishing in the center of the ZTA, we confirmed nets and reported to the navy, 20 minutes later 4 Small fishing boats were fishing in the point, and 10 minutes later the navy bot arrived and started to talk with them. They kept pulling the net and one of the boats started helping the others.
By 8:50 the pangas started to leave the area, on their way to San Felipe. More divers remained in the ZTA
A navy recognition airplane was patrolling the area in the afternoon hours. Was Flying over the ZTA.
Figure 1. Small fishing boats activity in the ZTA today 14th of March 2023.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot, target 82 Small fishing boats in the center of the ZTA.
