Hundreds of cement pillars with hooks have been deployed within the Gulf of California to snag fishing nets that threaten endangered porpoises, however these may additionally entice sea life and pollute the waters
Life
2 December 2022
A pair of vaquitas sighted throughout 2008 survey in Gulf of California NOAA Fisheries
In a last-ditch try to avoid wasting a critically endangered porpoise, Mexican officers started dropping weighted steel hooks within the Gulf of California in July. The objective is to snag unlawful gill nets, thereby discouraging and thwarting the fishing follow that’s largely accountable for winnowing the population of vaquitas to simply eight people.
“With so few vaquitas remaining on the planet, we are not in a position to make any mistakes,” says Alex Olivera on the Center for …