Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S.
Date: 21/09/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 21st 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 08:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14:00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15:00 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 08:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 07:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 08:00 | 2 | 0 | 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 early morning there were several small boats crossing the west part of the Buffer Zone heading east. Diver boats gathered in the center of the ZTA a bit later today; at 10:00 there were ten of them. They slowly left the area in the afternoon and by shortly after 16:00 there were no small boats in the ZTA.
A Navy vessel defender was patrolling the ZTA during the late morning – early afternoon.
Shortly before 19:00, Virgo, the vessel that installed the concrete blocks, was seen in the area. They entered the ZTA at 20:00 and cruised around, stopped for a couple of minutes and left after 22:00.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 21st of September.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 10:00. Target 93 is the Navy vessel defender.
