At least three vaquita were found dead in the spring of 2016; all bore evidence of scarring due to entanglement in nets. By 2018, as few as 20 vaquitas remained as a result of entanglement in gillnet ...

Shortly after scientists discovered the species in 1950, they realized it was in trouble. Vaquitas were regularly drowning in gill nets meant for shrimp and totoabas, a fish whose swim bladder is ...

Scientists only learned of their existence in 1958 when a few vaquita skulls were found washed ashore. Because of their shy nature, vaquitas are hard for researchers to observe. They tend to swim ...

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...

I think they’re really cute,” Knaub said. Vaquitas are elusive, discovered as a new species in 1958. They can be found in a specific range of the Gulf of California in Mexico, where they dine ...

Vaquita inhabit a relatively small area in the Upper Gulf of ... The World Heritage Committee reviewed Mexico’s recent enforcement actions, including illegal fishing data, and found them to be “not ...

The vaquita is the most endangered marine mammal on the planet. Countless vaquitas have been drowned in gillnets, which is their biggest single threat. While only a few vaquitas remain, recent ...

Vaquitas get caught in illegal gillnets that ... ELI investigations have found. Only by targeting that cashflow and the people who oversee it will the illegal fishing problem be resolved, the ...