Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S. & Nuria P.
Date: 27/03/2024
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
Hour | Small boats Inside ZTA | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
09:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Hour | Small boats in the ZTA Extension | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
08:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
11:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
21:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
22:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 27th 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 Buffer Zone | ||||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
22:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
08:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
09:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
10:00 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
11:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
12:00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
13:00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
14:00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
15:00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
16:00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
17:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
18:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
19:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
20:00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
21:00 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
22:00 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
23:00 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
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: 0.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
There was no activity seen in the ZTA and ZTA Extension today apart from some small boats crossing. Shortly after 15:00 a Navy warship was visible on radar; they arrived at the Extension and stayed anchored in the west area.
Small boat activity was seen mostly north in the Vaquita Refuge outside of the ZTA, from the morning until the afternoon.
At 19:30 the Navy warship started to move west and then north. Between 19:30 and 20:30 about 30 small boats were seen going north from San Felipe. They stayed in the north and northwest outside the ZTA during the night.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 27th of March.
Figure 2. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA Extension today, 27th of March.
Figure 3. Radar screenshot at 20:00. Target number 87 is the Navy warship.