Ship: Seahorse
Name: Ricardo Ponce & Núria Patiño
Date: 14/07/2023 & 15/07/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 14th of July from 00:00 to 23:00, and 15th of July from 00:00 to 7:00 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 (14th of July) | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
01:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR (14th of July) | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
00:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
01:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
02:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
07:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
08:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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.
During the night we saw some small boats stationary in the southwest outside the ZTA, and one stayed briefly in the Buffer Zone. From 7:00 to 9, there were 2 small boats in the same area in the southwest outside the ZTA. There was no fishing activity in the ZTA all day.
We kept monitoring the area until the next morning (7 am of the 15th of July) and we saw no other small boat activity.

Figure 1. Radar screenshot at 7:00.