Nature.com – Endangered porpoise numbers fall to just 250
Time is running out for vanishing vaquitas.
June 9th, 2010 by Chris Johnson
From Nature.com: Author – Rex Dalton
At the northern end of the Gulf of California, where the Baja peninsula joins the rest of Mexico, the world’s most endangered marine mammal is inching closer to extinction.
With adults only 1.5 metres long, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a rare porpoise found only in these waters, epitomizes the plight of small cetaceans, which bear the brunt of pollution, ship traffic and fishing because they live in rivers and coastal areas. In China, the Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) was last seen in 2007 and is now considered extinct. The vaquita — vulnerable to gill nets used by local fisherman — could be the next to go.
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http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100608/full/465674b.html
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