Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 25/April/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the night of the 24 th 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 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
21:00 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
22:00 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
23:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Table 2. Small boat counting was done during the 25 th 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 boats Inside ZTA | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
08:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
09:00 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
10:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
11:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
14:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
07:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
09:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
10:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
03:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
07:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
09:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
10:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
11:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
12:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
13:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
14:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
15:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
16:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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: 11.
A small number of boats in the center of the ZTA started to arrive around 09:00 hours, the MV seahorse approached to confirm they were not fishing boats. At the end of the day, no boats were found fishing inside the ZTA

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 25th of April.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 8:00, the MV Seahorse patrolling the central area to check the diving boats.