Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 10/06/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 10th 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 | |
| 06:00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 07:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 08:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 11:00 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 06:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 07:00 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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.
Small boat activity started around 6:00; divers started to gather in the center of the ZTA and between 6:00 and 7:00 about 10 small boats crossed to the northeast area. At 9:00 the group of divers increased to 9 small boats.
In the early afternoon some of the boats that went to the north area of the Vaquita Refuge were heading back to San Felipe, together with some of the divers at the center of the ZTA.
Divers stayed in the ZTA until early afternoon, and the last one left around 14:30.
During the evening we had some strong winds and no small boat activity.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 10th of June.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 9:00. Divers grouped at the center of the ZTA.
