Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S.
Date: 22/09/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 22nd 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 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:00 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 10:00 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 13:00 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 14:00 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 15:00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 13:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23:00 | 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 | |
| 07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Small diver boats started to gather at the center of the ZTA between 7:00 and 8:00, and the group grew to a maximum of 11 divers. They stayed until the afternoon, the last one leaving shortly after 17:00.
A Navy vessel defender was seen patrolling the area from 9:30 until after 13:00.
Around 13:45 we recovered a F-POD belonging to CONANP that was lost.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 22nd of September.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 13:00.
