Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 23/03/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 22 th 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 small boats were found inside the ZTA
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 23 th 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 | |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 06:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 07:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 13:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 14:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 15:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total number of different Small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 1.
Total number of different Small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 4.
Small fishing boats started to cross to the north of the ZTA around 9 am and didn’t stop inside.
The Navy small boat started to patrol the ZTA and the buffer zone, doing routine inspections of 2 boats parked right at the border. The fishing boats left the area.
Fishing activity began to increase in the early afternoon. Around 14:00 hours we had 1 small fishing boat stationary on the south border of the ZTA. We launched the drone to confirm if they were fishing, and after getting closer footage we corroborated that the nets were inside the boat, we then reported it to the navy, and they sent a defender to the area. The defender took around 50 minutes to arrive at the coordinates, the small boat left when they saw the navy approaching left the ZTA and began fishing in the buffer zone.
The Navy sent the airplane for scouting and patrolling the area around 14:00 hours.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 23rd of march.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 15:01 The target 40 belongs to the small fishing boat the target 39 the navy small boat patrolling the area.
