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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.

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