Mexico Goes All Out to Save Vanishing Vaquita Porpoise With Fishing Restrictions and Compensation
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Union Tribune] By Sandra Dibble - April 17, 2015 -
SAN FELIPE, MEXICO, With the small and rarely seen vaquita porpoise verging on extinction, Mexico’s federal government is launching an unprecedented effort to save the species — through measures that include a dramatically expanded ban on gill net fishing in the Upper Gulf of California over the next two years.
President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday traveled to this quiet Baja California fishing port to formally launch the new plan to save this small sea mammal endemic to the region. With fewer than 100 vaquita now believed alive, scientists say the species is likely to disappear unless drastic measures are taken immediately.
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