Ship: Seahorse
Name: Heidy M. & Laura S.
Date: 17/09/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 17th of September 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 | |
| 04:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 09:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 0.
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 08:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
During the morning about six small boats crossed the ZTA to the northeast, two of them had fishing gear on board. A small boat was observed inside the ZTA at 8:00 and was confirmed to be a diver boat; they stayed inside until shortly after 19:00.
A Navy vessel defender was seen patrolling the ZTA for some hours in the morning.
There were no small boats seen at night.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today 17th of September.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 11:00. Target number 8 is the Navy vessel defender.
