Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 16/06/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 16th 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.
| Small boats in the ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small boats in the Buffer Zone | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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.
The same two small boats from the last hours of the 15th were fishing in the northwest area outside the ZTA at midnight. From 7:00 to shortly after 11:00, a group of 10 small boats in collaboration with CONANP were looking for ghost nets along the northwest line of the buffer zone; during those hours they went all up and down following the buffer zone line.
Before 11:30 we saw a float or buoy in the water and we contacted the Navy to retrieve it in case there was a net, but it turned out to be just a buoy with a piece of rope attached.
At night, some small fishing boats were seen stationary in the southwest outside the ZTA, and the Navy interceptor went to check on their activities.
Figure 1. Radar screenshot at 10:00. A group of boats in collaboration with CONANP can be seen in the northwest area.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 23:00. The Navy interceptor is the target number 1.
