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- Vaquita - Marine Mammal Commission
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 been banned in all
- Seventh Meeting of the Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la . . .
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
- Microsoft Word - 4-10-09, H. Clinton, vaquita recovery. doc
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 is the
- Status of Marine Mammal Species and Populations
Marine mammal species and populations are listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA The MMPA protects all marine mammal species; many of which are listed as depleted IUCN red list of threatened species provides a global status for all marine species, including marine mammals
- Vaquita - Marine Mammal Commission
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Only marine mammal endemic to Mexico First described by Norris and McFarland (1958) One of 6 species of porpoise
- Vaquita Captures - Marine Mammal Commission
In case of severe weather, vaquita may need to be evacuated out of San Felipe Animals would be transported in water-filled containers, secured in an enclosed vehicle, and transported by land or air to an established marine mammal facility If not possible to safely evacuate, animals would be fitted with a satellite tag and released
- Mexican Government and WWF establish international expert committee to . . .
Mexico City (28 July 2016) - As part of the bilateral collaboration measures announced last week at the White House by Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise, of which fewer than 60 remain on the planet, Mexico's National Institute of Fisheries (INAPESCA) and WWF Mexico established an international committee of experts to further develop and
- Microsoft Word - New letterhead template. doc
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 entanglement in
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