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Ship: Seahorse

Name: RPH

Date: 26/03/2023

Ship’s Activity: Monitoring

 

Table 1. Small Fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 25th of march from 20:00 to 23:59 with radar observations, visual observation, and photography. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.

Hour Pangas ZTA Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone Pangas Outside ZTA
20:00 3 0 0
21:00 2 0 0
23:00 3 0 0

 

Table 2. Small Fishing Boat counting was done on the 26th 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 Pangas Inside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing Crossing
00:00 1 0 0 0 1
Hour Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
08:00 2 0 0 2
09:00 3 0 0 3
10:00 2 0 0 2
11:00 4 0 0 4
12:00 2 0 0 2
13:00 4 0 0 4
14:00 2 0 0 2
15:00 2 0 0 2

 

 

Hour Pangas Outside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
08:00 4 0 0 4
09:00 4 0 0 4
10:00 3 0 0 3
11:00 10 0 0 10
12:00 23 0 0 23
13:00 16 0 0 16
14:00 19 0 0 19
15:00 12 0 0 12
16:00 30 0 0 30
17:00 30 0 0 30
18:00 15 0 0 15

 

Total number of different small boat fishing today in the ZTA:0.

 

Total number of different small boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 4.

 

No boats were found fishing today inside the ZTA, most of the boats started to arrive at the Vaquita Refuge and the Buffer zone around noon, having a peak around 16:00, they started to leave the area around 18:00 hours west direction to San Felipe.

The navy warship was patrolling all day between the ZTA and the buffer zone.

Figure 1. Small Boat activity in the ZTA today 26th of march.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 17:00 .

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