A new survey mission is underway in the Upper Gulf of California to count the last remaining vaquita while Mexico commits new resources to save vaquita.
New Vaquita Survey Underway as Mexico Promises to Commit Additional Resources to Enforce Law
UNESCO Places Vaquita Habitat on World Heritage in Danger List
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has designated Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California as a World Heritage site in danger. In their decision, the committee cited their concerns over the imminent extinction of the vaquita porpoise as their reason for taking this critical step.
Vaquita Population Continues Decline as Totoaba Fishery Grows
A recent report published by the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) paints an alarming picture of the ongoing struggle to save the world’s smallest whale from extinction. None of the previous efforts have halted the decline of the endangered vaquita porpoise, and unless immediate and drastic actions are taken by the Mexican government, extinction is now all but inevitable. But conservationists have not given up the fight.
Vaquita rescue mission ends in Mexico
Today marks the scheduled end of VaquitaCPR’s one-month mission to try and move some of the last vaquita to the safety of a sanctuary. It’s been a difficult month for the expert conservationists from around the world that had been assembled to implement what was meant as an insurance policy against the extinction of the small vaquita porpoise. The mission helped put the world’s spotlight back on the world’s most endangered marine mammal, and efforts are set to continue to save this species.
Scientists successfully capture, examine and release vaquita
On Wednesday, scientists operating in the Upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) successfully managed to locate, capture and transport…
Vaquita conservation efforts continue as time is running out
Time is running out for the vaquita porpoise Found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), the vaquita…
Hope for the Vaquita: Mexico bans gill-nets permanently
Mexico heeds to expert advice and bans gill-nets permanently Today, only a week after the U.N. World Heritage Committee urged…
We Can Still Save the Vaquita
The Most Endangered Marine Mammal in the World The vaquita is the world’s smallest of the whales, dolphins and porpoises…
Last Chance for the Vaquita: Only 60 Animals Remain
According to the latest report published by the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA), the vaquita population has dropped to about 60 individuals.
#ISTVD2015 International Save the Vaquita Day raises awareness for smallest porpoise
With events happening in the United States, Mexico, China and Austria, the International Save the Vaquita Day aims to raise awareness for one of the world’s most critically endangered marine mammals, the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus).