Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 04/06/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 4th of June 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 | |
| 05:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 01:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 02:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 02:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 05:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 06:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23:00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 1.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Several small boats were seen during the night in the southwest area outside of the ZTA. From 1:00 to 5:00 one small boat was drifting in the west corner of the buffer zone, and shortly after 5:00 they entered the ZTA. At 5:30 we saw how they were retrieving a net and we contacted the Navy, but they finished at 6:00 and left to shore. The Navy intercepted them on the beach after they hauled the small boat out of the water.
There was no activity for the rest of the day; the Navy patrolled the ZTA until after 12:00, and then intermittently until 16:00. At night there was small boat activity in the Vaquita Refuge southwest of the ZTA.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 4th of June.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 6:00. Target number 1 is the small boat fishing inside the ZTA.
