{
  "title": "Anse Cochon inquiry: vessel photographs and identification",
  "coverage_date": "2026-10-13",
  "record_date_utc": "2026-10-14",
  "publisher": "Saint Lucia Policy Analysis",
  "assessment": "Ocean Angel #3 is SLPA’s highly likely working identification of the Ocean Angel casualty vessel. It is an editorial assessment, not an authenticated registry finding or a Commission conclusion.",
  "basis": "The visible #3/name markings, layouts, single-outboard views and registration-number strings converge with additional research supplied by Kevin L. Michel.",
  "unresolved": "Photograph dates, SL077875/SL077857 number-to-hull history and collision-night configuration remain unverified.",
  "number_sources": [
    {
      "label": "Government notice, 8 September 2026",
      "number": "SL077875",
      "url": "https://www.govt.lc/news/commissioners-sworn-in-for-anse-cochon-maritime-collision-inquiry"
    },
    {
      "label": "Public-sitting notice, 9 October 2026 (reproduction)",
      "number": "SL077857",
      "url": "https://stlucianewsnow.net/public-sitting-of-the-commission-of-inquiry-into-the-anse-cochon-marine-collision-to-commence-october-13-2026/"
    }
  ],
  "handling": "Ten of the eleven selected source photographs are reproduced without cropping, retouching or generated detail. Photo 01 is published as an AI-assisted privacy edit with softened faces; pixels outside the faces were also regenerated. Its original source hash is recorded separately from the published derivative’s hash. The unedited source is retained in the non-public research record. Separate illustrations are AI-generated and labelled as such. No person is identified from a photograph.",
  "duplicate_note": "Photo 10 WEBP and Photo 02 JPG show the same composition and do not provide independent corroboration. A byte-identical repeated beach upload is not counted twice.",
  "fleet_limit": "The selected photographs do not establish a complete fleet inventory. No inference about the existence or absence of a fourth boat is used to establish identity.",
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      "id": "08",
      "anchor": "photo-08",
      "title": "Ocean Angel: the beach photograph",
      "status": "Identifier lead",
      "group": "active",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-beach.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-beach.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-beach.jpg",
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 719,
      "alt": "Ocean Angel boat at a beach, with a light hull, red interior and blue canopy.",
      "observation": "The Ocean Angel name and an apparent SL077875 identifier are visible on a light hull, with a red interior, blue canopy and one visible outboard.",
      "limit": "The lettering is soft and no #3 numeral is asserted from this photograph. The photographer, capture date, publication date and originating URL are unknown. It does not establish the collision-night configuration.",
      "source_type": "Contributed source photograph",
      "source_page": null,
      "source_image_url": null,
      "date_note": "Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.",
      "source_credit": "Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown.",
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      "id": "01",
      "anchor": "photo-01",
      "title": "Cazorla Jr.: the SL078180 lead",
      "status": "Strong identifier match",
      "group": "active",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/mango-tours-sl078180-faces-softened-v1.webp",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/mango-tours-sl078180-faces-softened-v1.webp",
      "filename": "mango-tours-sl078180-faces-softened-v1.webp",
      "width": 720,
      "height": 480,
      "alt": "Privacy-edited copy of a Mango Tours boat photograph: white hull, blue interior and softened faces. The unedited source was used to assess the SL078180 marking.",
      "observation": "The unedited photograph in the Mango Tours listing shows SL078180 on the hull. That number matches Cazorla Jr. in the government inquiry notice; the assessment predates this privacy edit.",
      "limit": "The photographic date and number-to-hull identity have not been authenticated through a registry record or dated owner confirmation. The photograph is not from the collision scene. The edited copy cannot independently authenticate fine details or lettering.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g147345-d27163359-Reviews-Mango_Tours_St_Lucia-Soufriere_Soufriere_Quarter_St_Lucia.html",
      "source_image_url": "https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/attractions-splice-spp-720x480/12/54/4b/b8.jpg",
      "date_note": "Capture/upload date not verified",
      "source_credit": "Mango Tours listing / TripAdvisor",
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      "source_height": 480,
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      "source_retention": "Unedited source retained in the non-public research record; public image and download are the privacy-edited copy.",
      "display_note": "AI-assisted privacy edit: occupants’ faces have been softened. The edit also regenerated pixels outside the faces, so boat lettering and fine details in this published copy are not independently authenticated evidence. The SL078180 assessment was made from the unedited source, retained in the research record.",
      "download_label": "Download privacy-edited photo"
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      "id": "09",
      "anchor": "photo-09",
      "title": "Ocean Angel: the dockside view",
      "status": "Supporting configuration",
      "group": "active",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-dockside.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-dockside.jpg",
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      "width": 1440,
      "height": 1920,
      "alt": "Bow-to-stern dockside view of an Ocean Angel boat with red-and-white benches and an aft console.",
      "observation": "A light hull, red interior, red-and-white transverse benches, pale canopy and aft white console are visible. Partial Ocean Angel lettering supports comparison with the other selected views.",
      "limit": "No readable registration is established from this view. A filename or similar fittings cannot establish fleet number or common hull identity. The photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown.",
      "source_type": "Contributed source photograph",
      "source_page": null,
      "source_image_url": null,
      "date_note": "Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.",
      "source_credit": "Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown.",
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      "id": "10",
      "anchor": "photo-10",
      "title": "Ocean Angel: the empty interior",
      "status": "Supporting configuration",
      "group": "active",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-empty-interior.webp",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-empty-interior.webp",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-empty-interior.webp",
      "width": 1200,
      "height": 1600,
      "alt": "Empty red-and-white boat interior looking aft towards a white console and one visible outboard.",
      "observation": "Red-and-white benches, a red interior, an aft white console, canopy framework and one visible Yamaha outboard provide a clear layout reference. A life-ring edge bears a 3.",
      "limit": "A number on equipment is not a hull identifier. No readable hull name or registration establishes identity or engine power. This WEBP and archived Photo 02 show the same composition; a different file encoding is not independent corroboration. Photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown.",
      "source_type": "Contributed source photograph",
      "source_page": null,
      "source_image_url": null,
      "date_note": "Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.",
      "source_credit": "Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown.",
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      "id": "11",
      "anchor": "photo-11",
      "title": "Ocean Angel #3 in the background",
      "status": "Number marking; history unresolved",
      "group": "active",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-background-number3.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-background-number3.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-background-number3.jpg",
      "width": 2048,
      "height": 1543,
      "alt": "Two boats, with the background boat apparently marked Ocean Angel #3 and a registration ending 857.",
      "observation": "The background boat appears labelled Ocean Angel #3 and has an apparent registration ending 857. Its light hull, red interior, pale canopy and aft console support the vessel comparison.",
      "limit": "The registration is partly obstructed and its history is unverified. The foreground craft is not the subject of this identification. Photographer, dates and originating URL are unknown. No person is identified from appearance.",
      "source_type": "Contributed source photograph",
      "source_page": null,
      "source_image_url": null,
      "date_note": "Photographer, capture date and publication date unknown; no EXIF date fields found.",
      "source_credit": "Supplied to SLPA; original photographer and originating URL unknown.",
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      "id": "03",
      "anchor": "photo-03",
      "title": "Ocean Angel 2: a different number",
      "status": "Excluded from the casualty-vessel selection",
      "group": "excluded",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-2-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-2-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-2-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "width": 915,
      "height": 1600,
      "alt": "Ocean Angel 2 fleet photograph with the visible identifier SL077776.",
      "observation": "OCEAN ANGEL 2 and SL077776 are visible. The number differs from both SL077875 and SL077857 in the inquiry notices.",
      "limit": "This is retained as a fleet comparator, not presented as the casualty vessel. The selected photographs do not establish a complete fleet inventory.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.oceanangelboattours.com/our-boats",
      "source_image_url": "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ac698e7448742dc9b953b9/f5ac1f06-8a46-4e31-81d0-8484162f13f3/437a802b-7ac7-42d2-b037-4951a958358a.jpg",
      "date_note": "Capture/upload date not verified",
      "source_credit": "Ocean Angel public fleet/profile page",
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      "id": "04",
      "anchor": "photo-04",
      "title": "Ocean Angel #1: twin outboards",
      "status": "Excluded from the casualty-vessel selection",
      "group": "excluded",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-1-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-1-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-1-fleet-comparison.jpg",
      "width": 1155,
      "height": 650,
      "alt": "Ocean Angel #1 fleet photograph showing twin outboards.",
      "observation": "The #1 name and two outboards distinguish this photographic configuration from the one-outboard views used in the Ocean Angel #3 assessment.",
      "limit": "This is a fleet comparator, not an incident-vessel photograph. The filename contains a date, but the capture date is not authenticated. Engine arrangements can change; the image alone does not establish a vessel’s history.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.oceanangelboattours.com/our-boats",
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      "date_note": "Filename includes 2023-07-09; capture/upload date not verified",
      "source_credit": "Ocean Angel public fleet/profile page",
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      "anchor": "photo-07",
      "title": "Ocean Angel #1 in a dated review",
      "status": "Excluded from the casualty-vessel selection",
      "group": "excluded",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-1-review-comparison.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-1-review-comparison.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-1-review-comparison.jpg",
      "width": 1200,
      "height": 1600,
      "alt": "Ocean Angel #1 with twin outboards in a photograph associated with a July 2024 review.",
      "observation": "A review dated 20 July 2024 includes this view of Ocean Angel #1 with two outboards. It provides additional fleet-comparison context.",
      "limit": "A review date is not the photograph’s capture date. This image is not used to depict the July 2026 casualty vessel.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g147345-d1380435-r960310626-Ocean_Angel_Boat_Tours-Soufriere_Soufriere_Quarter_St_Lucia.html",
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      "date_note": "Associated review dated 20 July 2024; exact capture date not verified",
      "source_credit": "Ocean Angel review / TripAdvisor",
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      "title": "Earlier source version of the empty interior",
      "status": "Related file; not independent corroboration",
      "group": "source_archive",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-interior-source-version.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-interior-source-version.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-interior-source-version.jpg",
      "width": 1200,
      "height": 1600,
      "alt": "Earlier JPG version of the red-and-white empty boat interior shown in Photo 10.",
      "observation": "This JPG from the operator’s fleet page shows the same interior composition as Photo 10. It is retained to preserve the source trail.",
      "limit": "A second encoding of the same composition is not additional independent photographic evidence. No readable name or hull identifier establishes the registration.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.oceanangelboattours.com/our-boats",
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      "title": "Ocean Angel profile photograph",
      "status": "Unconfirmed fleet reference",
      "group": "source_archive",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-profile-source.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-profile-source.jpg",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-profile-source.jpg",
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      "height": 576,
      "alt": "Small open boat in the Ocean Angel operator’s public profile photograph.",
      "observation": "The operator profile image shows a small open boat, a canopy and one visible outboard.",
      "limit": "Neither vessel name nor registration is readable enough to identify the casualty vessel. The photographic date is unknown.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.facebook.com/oceanangelwatertaxiandboattoursservices",
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      "id": "06",
      "anchor": "photo-06",
      "title": "Mango Tours interior in a review",
      "status": "Identity unconfirmed",
      "group": "source_archive",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/mango-tours-interior-review.jpg",
      "original": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/mango-tours-interior-review.jpg",
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      "height": 1100,
      "alt": "Blue-and-white boat interior associated with a Mango Tours review.",
      "observation": "A Mango Tours review dated 15 May 2025 includes a blue-and-white interior and a sign concerning life jackets.",
      "limit": "No readable number connects this view to SL078180. A sign is not evidence of actual life-jacket use on the collision voyage. The review date is not a verified capture date.",
      "source_type": "Public-source photograph",
      "source_page": "https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g147345-d27163359-Reviews-or10-Mango_Tours_St_Lucia-Soufriere_Soufriere_Quarter_St_Lucia.html",
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      "date_note": "Associated review written 15 May 2025; exact capture date not verified",
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      "title": "Ocean Angel layout illustration",
      "src": "/documents/anse-cochon/2026-10-13/assets/ocean-angel-layout-illustration.png",
      "filename": "ocean-angel-layout-illustration.png",
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      "height": 1024,
      "alt": "Ocean Angel layout illustration: an empty boat rendered on a plain background.",
      "label": "AI-generated illustration · Not a measured reconstruction",
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        "09",
        "10"
      ],
      "description": "Light hull, red-and-white benches, aft console and one outboard. The pale canopy follows the interior/dock photographs; it is not an asserted collision-night condition.",
      "limit": "Hull proportions and unseen fittings are synthesized. Dimensions, engine rating, capacity, safety equipment and collision-night configuration are not established.",
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      "filename": "cazorla-jr-layout-illustration.png",
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      "height": 1024,
      "alt": "Cazorla Jr. layout illustration: an empty boat rendered on a plain background.",
      "label": "AI-generated illustration · Not a measured reconstruction",
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      ],
      "description": "Light hull, blue interior, aft console and one outboard. Visible support tubes are interpreted without fabric; this does not establish that the vessel lacked a canopy.",
      "limit": "Hull proportions and unseen fittings are synthesized. Dimensions, engine rating, capacity, safety equipment and collision-night configuration are not established.",
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