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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.

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