And between 2022 and 2023, they quintupled. The vaquita and totoaba are both protected by Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ...

Native to Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, the totoaba fish has faced relentless poaching for decades because its swim ...

This decision may seal the fate of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, which becomes entangled in fishing nets used to catch totoaba for the totoaba bladder (or maw) trade. Despite ...

United States and Mexico publicly renew commitment to save the vaquita and totoaba, with Mexico stating a commitment to permanently ban all gillnets The above timeline shows the alarming decline in ...

so totoaba fishing continues—as do the deaths of vaquitas as bycatch. In 2005 Mexico’s government made part of the gulf a vaquita refuge. But the population kept falling—from more than 200 ...

The fate of the vaquita has been inextricably entwined with yet another endangered Mexican species, the totoaba, a grouper-like fish that can grow up to six feet in length and weigh over 200 pounds.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia— The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided today to maintain the “in danger” status for the last remaining habitat of the vaquita porpoise and the totoaba fish. Only 10 vaquitas ...

Cutting-edge technology in a lab at Florida Atlantic University was used to digitize the skeleton of the rarest marine mammal in the world, a porpoise called the vaquita, ensuring that the animal ...

The vaquita has been nearly wiped out by gillnets used to fish for the also-endangered totoaba fish. The swim bladder of the totoaba is a delicacy in China and can fetch as much as $20,000 (£ ...

According to a release from SeaWorld San Diego Tuesday, the vaquita — which means “little ... caught in illegal gillnets used to fish totoaba, which is also an endangered species, the release ...

The vaquita's decline is caused by entanglement in illegal gillnets used to fish totoaba, an endangered species prized for its swim bladder. Despite a gillnet ban and conservation efforts ...

Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities (illegal fishing) Serious concerns about the imminent extinction of an endemic porpoise species (vaquita) and conservation status of a marine ...