
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On Wednesday, scientists operating in the Upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) successfully managed to locate, capture and transport…
Time is running out for the vaquita porpoise Found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), the vaquita…
Mexico heeds to expert advice and bans gill-nets permanently Today, only a week after the U.N. World Heritage Committee urged…
The Most Endangered Marine Mammal in the World The vaquita is the world’s smallest of the whales, dolphins and porpoises…
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.
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).