Ship: Seahorse
Name: Heidy Martinez
Date: 01/04/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small Fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 31th of March from 20:00 to 23:00 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 | Total | Pangas ZTA | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | Pangas Outside ZTA |
| 20:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 21:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 22:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 23:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Table 2. Small Fishing Boat counting was done during the 1th of April 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 | |
| 06:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 07:00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 08:00 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 06:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 06:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 07:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 08:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 09:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 14:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 15:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 16:00 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 17:00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 18:00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 19:00 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Total number of different small boat net fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
Total number of different small boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 7.
Small boats started crossing through the ZTA around 5:30 in the morning. Around 7:15, more small boats began arriving at the center of the ZTA. We transited to the area and concluded that they were divers. Around 10:00 we had the maximum number of small boats in the ZTA. Around 14:00, there was an increase in small boat activity in the vaquita refuge. There was a maximum of 37 small boats by 16:00. The small boats remained consistent through 20:00. The Navy warship patrolled the ZTA throughout the whole day.
Figure 1. Small Boat activity in the ZTA today 01th of April.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 16:01, we can see a big number of small boats west of the vaquita refuge. Target 45 is the Navy warship.
