Vancouver Island-based marine zoologist helps monitor endangered porpoise near Mexico
Posted: Jun. 11, 2023 3:23PMThe world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise called vaquita, is holding on to existence by a thread, but a new survey finds conservation measures are making a difference.to survey and monitor an area in the Gulf of California, off the coast of Mexico, to see how the vaquita population was doing.
The vaquita population has rapidly declined over the years due to illegal totoaba fishing. Totoaba is a fish that’s being caught in gill nets and sold on the black market for its swim bladder. The survey team monitored the Gulf of California’s zero gill net tolerance area for two weeks looking for the porpoises.
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