Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S. & Nuria P.
Date: 26/03/2024
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Hour | Small boats Inside ZTA | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hour | Small boats in the ZTA Extension | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
07:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
23:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 26th of March 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 in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
08:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
09:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
11:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
12:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
13:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
14:00 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
15:00 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
16:00 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
17:00 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
18:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
19:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
20:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
22:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
23:00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Hour | Small boats in the Buffer Zone | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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 Extension: 1.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
Today there was small boat activity mostly in the north and northwest area of the Vaquita Refuge.
Around 13:20 we spotted a small boat in the north part of the Extension. We flew the drone and saw they were stationary with two nets on board and a line of one of the nets going in the water. We contacted the Navy and at 14:00 we spotted two markers of a net in the water; at 14:30 they seemed to have finished retrieving the net but started to move in circles, probably because the net was stuck in a block. The Interceptor arrived at the area around 15:00, approached the panga and after 10 min the fishermen left the net with a marker and then both left the area. The Interceptor headed to check on other small boats in the area. At 15:23 the small boat started heading towards us after we approached the marker of their net. They started dragging a hook to grab the net, and at 15:39 they started pulling it in. The Interceptor came back and approached to them shortly after; they started to pull the net from the other end trying to retrieve as much as they could from it. Around 16:30 they both finished, the panga left to San Felipe and the Interceptor stayed in the area for 10 more minutes before heading back to port.
Hour | Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 26th of March.
Hour | Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing |
---|---|---|---|---|
07:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
19:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
23:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Figure 2. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA Extension today, 26th of March.
Figure 3. Radar screenshot at 15:00. Target number 76 is the small boat fishing in the Extension and target number 84 is the Navy ship Interceptor.