Ship: Seahorse
Name: RPH
Date: 26/04/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the night of the 25 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 |
| 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Table 2. Small boat counting was done during the 26 th of April from 00:00 to 19:59 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no pangas were seen in the ZTA or outside.
| Hour | Small boats Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 07:00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 08:00 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 09:00 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 10:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 08:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 09:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 11:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 14:00 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 15:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 16:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 17:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 18:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 19:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 07:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 08:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 09:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 12:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13:00 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 14:00 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 15:00 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 16:00 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 17:00 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 18:00 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 19:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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: 20.
At 08:41, a small boat was found with flags fishing inside the ZTA. The Navy couldn’t be contacted at the moment but once the small boat saw the M/V Seahorse, they pulled their nets in and left. An hour later, flags/nets were found inside the ZTA, and a couple of minutes after, the same small boat approached the M/V Seahorse. They stated that those flags were theirs and if it was inside the ZTA or not. Once we confirmed to them that it was inside, they left to retrieve their nets and moved them out of the ZTA.
Around 15 hours the MV Seahorse detected a net under the water with the sonar.
The navy was contacted and about 30 minutes later the interceptor with federal inspectors arrived in the area.
On board, the interceptor, crew from sea shepherd, and the navy retrieved the net. The Navy confiscated the illegal gear.
The operation finished around 17:30.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 26th of April.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 9:03 shows the area of the fishing boat with the nets in the water.
