Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise

Can social media help save the Vaquita – an animal most people have probably never heard of and will never see in the wild?

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Time is running out for vanishing vaquitas.

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Based on data collected on Expedition Vaquita, scientists provide a new population estimate.

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I had the opportunity to spend time with and speak in depth to scientists Barbara Taylor and Tim Gerrodette of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center.

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While the expedition is being led by Mexican authorities at the Instituto Nacional de Ecologia in Ensenada, colleagues from NOAA were invited to help with the visual effort at sea.

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Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the ‘voice for vaquita’ for many years. He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals.

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Bioacousticians are scientists who study the sounds animals produce, or how sound can affect the animals

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The wind tends to blow up as the day progresses causing a choppy sea surface, significantly reducing our chances of spotting vaquita.

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