Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Heidy Martinez
Date: 17/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 17th of May from 00:00 to 23:00 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 | |
08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
07:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11:00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
12:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
13:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15:00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
00:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
05:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
07:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
09:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
11:00 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
12:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
13:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
14:00 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
15:00 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
16:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
20:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
22:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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: 5.
Vaquita survey resumed today at 5:00. Overall, there was almost no small boat activity during the day in the ZTA. We saw some small boats fishing in the area outside of the ZTA, both in the Buffer Zone and outside in the Vaquita Refuge. Because of the survey operations, we could not confirm the activity of the small boats unless we crossed paths.
Around 13:45 the survey finished for the day.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 17th of May.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 15:00.