Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 10 – 11/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the night of the 10th of May from 0:00 to 03:00 and 23:00 with radar observations. There were no pangas seen either inside or outside of the ZTA.
| Small boats Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small boats ZTA Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small boats Outside ZTA | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: we experience rough weather during the early hours of the morning of the 10th. We went south with the swell and went back to the ZTA late night.
Table 2. Small boat counting was done during the 11th of May from 00:00 to 05:00 and from 09:00 to 23:00 (except 10:00&15:00) 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 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 11:00 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 13:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 14:00 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 19:00 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 11:00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 12:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 23:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 11:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 12:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18:00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 19:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 21:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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: 1.
Today we received the scientists and CONANP officers for the Vaquita Survey at 5:30 and the radar was off for preparations until 9:00. Because of the Survey operations, we could not confirm the activity of the pangas in the ZTA unless we crossed paths, but most of the small boats that were in the center of the ZTA during the morning were probably divers. The gaps on the hourly data are because on some occasions it was not possible to turn the radar back on. Shortly after 18:00 the survey finished for the day.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 11th of May.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 12:00.
