Ship: Seahorse
Name: Ricardo Ponce y Nuria Patino
Date: 13/07/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 13th of July from 02:00 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 | |
| 07:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 04:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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.
In the early morning 2 boats were detected with the radar in the VR, they were stationary for about 2 hours and then left.
Around 07:00 hours two boats entered the ZTA, some minutes after they were visually confirmed as diving boats.
Again at 22:00 3 boats were detected in the SW of the Vaquita Refuge, the navy interceptor monitored the area, and approached to the boats to check their activity.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 13th of July.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 22:00.
