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Ship: Seahorse

Name: RPH

Date: 16/march/2023

Ship’s Activity: Monitoring

 

Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 15th of march from 20:00 to 23:59 with radar observations, counting by eye, and photography. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.

No boats found in the night of the 15.

 

Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 16th of march from 00:00 to 23:59 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
07:00 7 0 6 0 1
08:00 17 0 14 1 2
09:00 21 0 21 0 0
10:00 21 0 21 0 0
11:00 22 1 21 0 0
12:00 21 0 21 0 0
13:00 18 0 18 0 0
14:00 6 0 5 0 1
Hour ZTA Buffer Zone
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
07:00 2 0 0 2
08:00 1 0 0 1
09:00 1 0 0 1

 

 

Hour Outside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
07:00 2 0 0 0
08:00 1 0 0 0
09:00 1 0 0 0

Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 22.

 

Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 2.

 

The first small fishing boats arrived just before the 06:00 hours, coming from San Felipe and going to the central area of the ZTA, in the following hours we confirmed they were diving boats.

10:55 panga fishing in the Center of the ZTA, we launched a drone to confirm and collect data, the boat left minutes after.

The navy’s recognition airplane started to fly and patrol the zta around noon.

Divers remained in the area until 14:00 when they started to leave the ZTA in their way to San Felipe.

The navy was very active in the ZTA all day checking the boats and patrolling the center of the ZTA.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 16th of march.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at :10:57, target 52 belong to the fishing boat founded today in the ZTA

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