Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 20/04/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small fishing boat counting was done during the night of the 19 th of April from 20:00 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 |
22:00 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
21:00 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
22:00 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
23:00 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Table 2. Small fishing boat counting was done on the 20th 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 | |
00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
18:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Hour | Small fishing boats ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
14:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
15:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
16:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
17:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
18:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
19:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Hour | Small fishing boat Outside ZTA | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
00:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
02:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14:00 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
15:00 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
16:00 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
17:00 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
18:00 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
19:00 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
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: 10.
At 9:57 the MV Seahorse was found floating a California Sea Lion around the area of the Roca Consag, made the report, and reported to the authorities.
At 18:16 we detected with the radar a boat inside of the ZTA, the MV Seahorse approached the area and launched the drone.
5 minutes after we confirmed the boat was pulling a fishing net inside of the ZTA, we contacted the navy and started to approach closer to the area.
The Navy confirmed the report and started the protocol.
The fishing boat started to leave the area some minutes later.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 20th of April.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 18:54, target 94 shows the fishing boat inside the ZTA, 83 is the navy warship.