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Ship: Seahorse

Name: Heidy M. & Laura S.

Date: 18/09/2023

Ship’s Activity: Monitoring

 

Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 18th of September from 00:00 to 23:00 with radar observations. The hours not represented in this table correspond to hours when no small boats were seen in the ZTA or outside.

Hour Small boats Inside ZTA
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing Crossing
07:00 2 0 1 0 1
08:00 1 0 1 0 0
09:00 1 0 1 0 0
10:00 1 0 1 0 0
11:00 1 0 1 0 0
12:00 1 0 1 0 0
13:00 1 0 1 0 0
18:00 2 0 0 0 2
Hour Small boats in the VR
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing
08:00 1 0 0 1
13:00 3 0 0 3
14:00 7 0 0 6
15:00 4 0 0 4
16:00 4 0 0 4
17:00 2 0 0 2
19:00 1 0 0 1

 

Hour Small boats in the Buffer Zone
 

Total

Net Fishing Divers Potential Net Fishing Crossing
08:00 1 0 0 0 1
16:00 2 0 0 0 2
18:00 1 0 0 0 1
19:00 1 0 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.

No activity was seen during the first hours of the night. One small diver boat arrived at the center of the ZTA just after 7:00 and stayed until 13:00. No activity remained for the rest of the day until around 18:00 when small boats were seen crossing the ZTA.

Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 18th of September.

Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 18:28. The targets inside the ZTA are crossing.

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