Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 09/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the night of the 8th of May from 20:00 to 23:00 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 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 21:00 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 22:00 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Note: all the pangas in the ZTA were crossing back to San Felipe or north.
Table 2. Small boat counting was done during the 9th of May 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 | |
| 07:00 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 08:00 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 09:00 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 10:00 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 11:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 19:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | |
| 00:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 01:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 02:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 13:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 14:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 15:00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 16:00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 17:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 18:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 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: 0.
Clam divers started to arrive at the ZTA around 6:30 and stayed in the central area, except a couple that were closer to the border to the north. During a couple of hours in the morning we work together with three Navy boats to retrieve the last part of a ghost net in the northwest area of the ZTA (the number of diver boats may vary because of the lesser visibility we had of the center of the ZTA during the operation).
During the morning around 25 small boats crossed to the northeast area of the Vaquita Refuge, which were visible when we approached the area in the afternoon.
Then starting around 17:00, small boats crossing activity increased. Between, 17:00 and 20:00, 17 small boats were seen crossing the ZTA southwest towards San Felipe.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 9th of May.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 08:00.
