Mexico is on the brink of publishing new rules that will significantly weaken protections for the vaquita porpoise—the ...
Successful recovery of the vaquita’s limited population depends on eliminating the threat of gillnet fishing in their habitat. There are an estimated 7-10 vaquitas left in the entire world, limited to ...
Despite the critically endangered vaquita porpoise still teetering on the brink of extinction, the Government of Mexico is ...
(KGTV) — What's left of the world's Vaquita calls the Gulf of California home. In the northern portion of the gulf, the porpoise's fate has become much like that of other cetaceans (whales, dolphins, ...
SAN FELIPE, Baja Mexico (NEWS 8) - Scientists have decided to halt their efforts to capture endangered vaquita porpoises on the Sea of Cortez. The announcement followed the death of an adult female ...
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Mexico considers shrinking protected areas for endangered vaquita porpoise
Mexican officials have proposed scaling back fishing regulations meant to protect a narrow stretch of ocean home to the last 10 remaining vaquitas, the world’s smallest species of porpoise. If ...
The following script is from "The Last Vaquitas" which aired on May 22, 2016. Sharyn Alfonsi is the correspondent. David Schneider and Joyce Gesundheit, producer. You would think the most endangered ...
The vaquita porpoise, down to 10 individuals left, can still survive. Researchers found that the genetic makeup of the species is diverse enough to support recovery. The most serious threat to the ...
The vaquita (pronounced VA-Keeta) is the smallest, and most endangered, whale species in the world. It reaches a maximum length of 5 feet and weighs less than 120 lbs. Vaquitas are easily ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them.
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