Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S. & Martí Ll.
Date: 08/11/2023
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 8th of November 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 | |
| 15:00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Small boats in the ZTA Expansion | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small boats in the Buffer Zone | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA: 2.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Extension: 0.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Today the weather conditions were rough, especially during the morning, and we saw no small boat activity in the area during the first half of the day. At 14:30 we saw some targets in the radar in the center of the ZTA. When we approached, we confirmed there were 2 small boats retrieving nets. The Navy was contacted. A third one appeared coming from the north and continued their way to the coast after passing by the other small boats. By 15:17 they finished retrieving their nets and left the area.
For the rest of the day, no activity was recorded.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 8th of November.
Figure 2. Radar screenshot at 15:00. There is a lot of noise in the radar due to the waves, but the targets 68 and 69 are the two small boats fishing.
