Ship: Seahorse
Name: Laura S. & Nuria P.
Date: 08/04/2024
Ship’s Activity: Monitoring
| Hour | Small boats Inside ZTA | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 02:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Small boats in the ZTA Extension | ||||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | Crossing | |
| 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 03:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 04:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Table 1. Small boat counting was done during the 8th of April from 00:00 to 05:00 and 08:00 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 | |
| 03:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hour | Small boats in the VR | |||
|
Total |
Net Fishing | Divers | Potential Net Fishing | |
| 00:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 02:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 03:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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: 0.
Total number of different small fishing boats fishing today in the ZTA Buffer Zone: 0.
During the night some small boats were seen crossing the ZTA going back to San Felipe. We left the ZTA and went in front of San Felipe from 06:00 to 07:00 due to unforeseeable circumstances. During the day there was large swell and the San Felipe harbor was closed after 12:00. In the afternoon some small boats were spotted on the radar in the bay in front of San Felipe, and by the evening we saw other in the northwest area. At night, two Navy Interceptors patrolled the west of the Vaquita Refuge confiscating two totoaba nets.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 8th of April.
Figure 2. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA Extension today, 8th of April.
Figure 3. Radar screenshot at 16:00.
