Ship: Seahorse
Name: Núria Patiño
Date: 06/07/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 7th of July from 00:00 to 08:00 and from 13:00 to 00:00 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 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 13:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 13:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 21:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 23:00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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.
A 13:00 a group of 7 pangas were in the northwest area of the Buffer zone and the VR, 4 were stationary in the buffer zone, and the other 3 traveling to San Felipe. The remaining 4 stayed around for about an hour and then left the area.
We continued to look for nets using the sonar and monitoring the area.
During the night, up to 9 small boats were seen in the south and southwest outside the ZTA, they remained in the area for about 3 hours and then left.
Figure 1. Radar screenshot at 12:52.
