Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 17/march/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 16th of march from 20:00 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.
No fishing boats were found in the ZTA
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 17th of march from 00:00 to 20:00 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
07:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
08:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
09:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
10:00 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
11:00 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
12:00 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
13:00 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
14:00 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
15:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
16:00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
17:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hour | ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hour | Outside ZTA | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total number of different Small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
Total number of different Small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Fishing boats with divers started to arrive at the ZTA around 06:00. Reaching the maximum number of boats around noon, most of them in the central area, we kept patrolling the ZTA. The boats started to leave the ZTA around 17:00 hours. The navy was patrolling the ZTA and the buffer zone during these hours.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 17th of march.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 11:58, target 58 had a flag on board, we confirmed they were divers.