Ship: Seahorse
Name: HM
Date: 23/04/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the night of the 22 nd of April from 20:00 to 23:59 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no small boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Boats in the ZTA | Boats in the Buffer Zone | Boats in the VR |
| 20:00 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 21:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Table 2. Small boat counting was done during the 23 rd of April from 00:00 to 19:00 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 boats Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 09:00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 10:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 11:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 09:00 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 10:00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 11:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 12:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 13:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 14:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 15:00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 16:00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 17:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 18:00 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 19:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 16.
Of the night of 21:00, the only small boat activity was 3 small boats crossing the ZTA towards San Felipe.
At 09:32, a net was found in the surface of the water. The navy was contacted to retrieve it. The M/V Seahorse assisted the navy by locating the net using sonar technology. The net was retrieved by the interceptor by 13:25.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 23rd of April.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 09:14. High small boat activity in the buffer zone and vaquita refuge but with minimal to none inside of the ZTA.
