Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura Sánchez & Núria Patiño
Date: 24/06/23
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 24th 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
07:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
08:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
09:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
11:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
12:00 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
13:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
14:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
15:00 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
14:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
00:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
20:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
21:00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
22:00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
23:00 | 7 | 1 | 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.
At midnight there were some small boats in the southwest outside the ZTA. From 6:00 to the late afternoon some divers were seen in the center of the ZTA, and some other divers were seen crossing the ZTA and buffer zone back to San Felipe. After 20:00, some small boats gathered in the southwest outside the ZTA, and one was confirmed fishing using the drone.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 24th of June.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 12:00.