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.
Figure 1. Small fishing boat activity in the ZTA today, 26th of March.
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.
