Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 06/April/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small Fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 05th of april 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 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 21:00 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| 22:00 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Table 2. Small Fishing Boat counting was done during the 6th of april 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 | Pangas Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20:00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21:00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Pangas ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 19:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20:00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21:00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Pangas Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 01:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 02:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 03:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 04:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 05:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 06:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 07:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 08:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 09:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19:00 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 20:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 21:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 22:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 23:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Total number of different small boat fishing today in the ZTA: 3.
Total number of different small boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 4.
We have seen an increase in small fishing boats arriving at the VR to fish at night, the major concentration was at the west side of the VR. We patrolled the area and around 20:00 we started to see buoys with flashing lights inside the ZTA, with the drone and the thermal camera of the Sea Horse we documented how the small fishing boats go inside the ZTA and put the net in the water and then go outside so the radar shows they are fishing outside the ZTA.
We reported to the Navy, who send the Warship to support the north and northwest area of the ZTA. After some time interacting with the small fishing boats, the warship sent them out and stayed in the area to patrol until midnight.
Figure 1. Small Boat activity in the ZTA today 6th of April.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 21:10, target 14 fishing inside the ZTA, more nets left in the area, target 10 drop the net in the water then went out.
Figure 3. Radar screenshot at 21:10.
