Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 20/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 20th of May from 00:00 to 23:00 (except 12:00&14:00&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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
18:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
20:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
05:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
19:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
17:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
18:00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
19:00 | 5 | 1 | 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.
Vaquita survey resumed today at 5:45. There was no small boat activity during the day in the ZTA apart from some boats crossing. In the evening we spotted a few small boats fishing outside the ZTA. Around 18:00 the survey finished for the day.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 20th of May.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 9:00.