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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1386 followers · 14818 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Things haven’t looked good for the for decades, but the last few years have brought the species to the . & to the upper - the pint-size has become an unfortunate bycatch of fishing operations in the area, primarily the illegal catching of . 
Listed as on the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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courthousenews.com/corruption-

#vaquita #brinkofextinction #endemic #exclusive #gulfofcalifornia #porpoise #totoaba #vulnerable #iucn #redlist #threatenedspecies #nature #ecocrisis #wildlife

Last updated 1 year ago
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Hakai Magazine · @hakaimagazine
562 followers · 59 posts · Server sciencemastodon.com

Some of Mexico’s most notorious wildlife traffickers are now in jail. Members of the “Totoaba Cartel” targetted the swim bladders of totoaba which can sell for up to US $80,000/kg, earning them the nickname “the cocaine of the sea.”

hakaimagazine.com/news/taking-

#gulfofcalifornia #totoaba #cartel #illegal #wildlifetrafficker #wildlifewednesday #mexico #marine #endangered #conservation #vaquita

Last updated 2 years ago
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Gaia Vince · @WanderingGaia
842 followers · 848 posts · Server toot.community
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RT @EIA_News
dismantles illegal cartels killing off rare porpoise

- fewer than 10 vaquita remain, driven to extinction by illegal nets set for fish to feed Asia's demand for dried swim bladders

ow.ly/5AYl50MiSzY

#mexico #fishing #vaquita #totoaba #illegalwildlifetrade #China

Last updated 2 years ago
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Ana · @quesoloAna
25 followers · 28 posts · Server qoto.org
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Financiarán estudio sobre países de origen, tránsito y destino de

Resolución obliga a México a eliminar los sitios de desembarque no autorizados en el Alto Golfo de California, y se incremente la vigilancia en el Área de Refugio para la Protección de la
excelsior.com.mx/nacional/mexi

#vaquitamarina #cites #totoaba

Last updated 2 years ago
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