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.