Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez
Date: 27/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 27th of May from 00:00 to 18:00 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 | |
06:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
14:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
05:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
We drifted during the night in the southwest area of the ZTA. Early in the morning we saw several small boats crossing to the north and a few crossing back to San Felipe; in the afternoon there were all going to San Felipe.
Shortly after 17:00 we departed to Puerto Peñasco for a crew change.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 27th of May.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 14:00.