Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 23/06/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 23rd 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 | |
17:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
17:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
07:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
08:00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
15:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
21:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
22:00 | 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.
All the activity we saw today was in the south – southwest area of the Vaquita Refuge. In the late afternoon several small boats were seen heading to San Felipe from the north.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 23rd of June.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 17:00.