Mexico's vaquita porpoise on the brink as illegal fishing bites

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Three months after the Mexican government and a non-profit group launched a new campaign to save the vaquita porpoise, there has been little improvement in the marine mammal's chances of avoiding extinction, experts and local residents say.

A crew member gestures to a Mexican Navy ship aboard the MV John Paul DeJoria vessel during a press tour in Baja California, Mexico March 30, 2022. Picture taken March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan

With prominent backers such as Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexico's richest man, Carlos Slim, the vaquita has become a symbol of global efforts to reverse the effects of overfishing and humanity's impact on nature. In the village of San Felipe in Baja California state, livelihoods have depended on fishing for generations. But climate change and the loss of local species has prompted debate about how to make fishing in the area sustainable.

Biologists estimate between only six and 20 vaquitas were left in 2018, and say more die each year in nets than are born. "Sea Shepherd ... is saying there has been a significant improvement in their work with the Navy since January of 2022," said DJ Schubert, wildlife biologist for the Animal Welfare Institute.

Martin Corral, a 57-year-old fisherman, said only 10% of fishermen in the area have permission to fish.

 

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