Ship: Seahorse
Name: Ricardo Ponce, Nuria Patiño
Date: 12/07/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 12th of (Month) from 00:00 to 08:00 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 07:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 08:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
No boats were found in the buffer zone
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 01:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 02:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 06:00 | 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.
Around midnight some boats were found in the SW area of the Vaquita refuge. After that 3 boats with divers were found in the center of the ZTA. The Mv Seahorse left the ZTA Around the 08:00 hours towards Puerto Penasco to get provisions and crew swap.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 12th of July.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 07:00.
