Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 16/4/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 15 th of April from 21:00 to 23:59 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Boats in the ZTA | Boats in the Buffer Zone | Boats in the VR |
| 21:00 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 22:00 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 16th of April from 00:00 to 20:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Small fishing boats ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 09:00 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small fishing boats ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 02:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 19:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hour | Small fishing boat Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 09:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 14:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 15:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 16:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 17:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 18:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 19:00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
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: 5 in the morning, 8 in the afternoon.
A big number of small fishing boats started to arrive in the north and west areas of the ZTA around noon. The Vallarta warship was patrolling the area.
Around 19 hours the radar showed a target in the north area of the ZTA. The MV Seahorse launched the drone and confirmed a small fishing boat pulling nets inside the ZTA, which we reported to the navy. They sent their speed boat.
As we approached some minutes after, the boat pulled the total of the net from the water and left the area in the direction of san felipe.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 16th of April.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 18:57, target 1 belongs to the Vallarta Warship, target 8 points the boat parked pulling the nets inside the ZTA.
