This is what has led to the decline of the vaquita, despite being a protected species by two separate countries. British Rescue Divers and the Community Working Feverishly to Rescue the Whale Of ...

The legality of vaquita marina sightseeing tourism is a tangled web of legal restrictions, ecological concerns, and ethical dilemmas. This species, known as the world's smallest porpoise and ...

Highly imperiled vaquita are found only in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. The porpoises become entangled and drown in illegal nets set to catch shrimp and fish, including the totoaba, an ...

In support of this record, the detailed submission documents Mexico’s failure to enforce its laws, including Articles 55 and 56 of the 1975 General Wildlife Act, which banned totoaba fishing, and a ...

Vaquita become entangled and drown in illegal nets set to catch shrimp and fish, including the endangered totoaba. CITES prohibits international commercial trade of both the vaquita and totoaba. Yet ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shortly after scientists discovered the species in 1950, they realized it was in trouble. Vaquitas were regularly ...

The vaquita is the most endangered marine mammal on the planet ... Act now to support the retrival of these ‘ghost nets’ out from the water, where vaquitas get entangled and die. With €30, you will ...