2015年4月16日 · The tiny vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal. Its numbers are decreasing with approximately 10 remaining. Vaquitas die from entanglement in illegal gillnets. Gillnets are used in a lucrative illegal fishery for totoaba that serves an illegal trade of swim bladders to China as well as in shrimp and finfish fisheries. Although their use has …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The seventh meeting of the Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita (CIRVA-7) was held in Ensenada, BC, Mexico, May 10-13, 2016. The meeting occurred at the midway point of the emergency two-year ban on gillnets throughout the entire range of the vaquita and six months after completion of the 2015 abundance survey.

Vaquita Conservation Plan 2008 Development of alternative shrimp net Phased replacement of shrimp gill nets over 5 years Buy out/rent out/swap out of fishermen Alternative livelihoods

2016年5月13日 · Stronger protection needed to prevent imminent extinction of Mexican porpoise vaquita, new survey finds Only about 60 vaquitas remain in the Gulf of California, according to a report presented this week to Mexico’s Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources and the governor of Baja California. This represents a decline of more than 92% since 1997. …

The recorded number of vaquita clicks per day for the 46 standard sampling sites decreased by 44% from 2015 to 2016 (λ = 0.56). But this statistic does not account for unequal sampling effort (effort-days) across the sampling sites.

The Marine Mammal Commission urges you to direct $30 million from the Department of State’s budget for energy and the environment to recover the vaquita, a small porpoise found only in the northern Gulf of California. The species numbers about 150 individuals and is teetering at the very brink of extinction. The major threat is a Mexican gillnet fishery for shrimp. The United States …

The Marine Mammal Commission requests your help in recovering the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a small porpoise endemic to the Gulf of California. A recent study1 suggests it numbered 245 individuals in 2008, a decline of 57 percent between 1997 and 2008. In all the world’s oceans, the vaquita is the marine mammal species most likely to go extinct.2 The primary threat is …

Marine Mammal Commission 2015 Annual Meeting Vaquita Session Summary In April 2015, the President of Mexico formally announced a two-year closure of the vaquita range to gillnets with a commitment to full enforcement and a program to compensate the fisherman and other sectors of the fishing community of the upper Gulf of California. Discussion is underway on a possible …

The market for high-value, wild-caught shrimp in the United States drives the Gulf of California fisheries that have decimated the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) population through entanglement in gillnets.

They have studied vaquita abundance and distribution, participated on the international recovery team, and provided numerous reports to inform the decision-makers who are responsible for vaquita recovery. The recovery of the vaquita depends on the will of Mexican officials.