Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 30/05/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 30th 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 | |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
08:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
09:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
10:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
11:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
13:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
06:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14:00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
15:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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.
Today there was little activity in the ZTA. Some small diver boats arrived in the morning and stayed in the center of the ZTA until the early afternoon. After then we saw also diving activity closer to San Felipe, in the area of the Vaquita Refuge and outside.
One interceptor and the warship were seen in the afternoon patrolling the ZTA. In the evening the warship anchored in front of San Felipe.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 30th of May.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 12:00.