The Vaquita Porpoise: Extinct in A Few Months, Unless You Help.

 


© Conservation International Mexico / Northwest Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT5PJ12gGLA
(Watch this video. My computer won't upload it.)

"We need your help. Clearwater Marine Aquarium is embarking on a global conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction. Found in Mexico’s Gulf of California, the vaquita is the most endangered marine mammal in the world, with less than 100 remaining.
Vaquita are frequently caught unintentionally by local fishermen using giant fishing nets called “gillnets”, where the vaquitas become entangled and die. Nearly one in every five vaquita fall victim to these gillnets.
The Mexican government is currently in discussions with local fishermen to enact a two year ban on the use of these nets. Many fishermen want to help and the Mexican government will compensate the fishermen for their lost earnings during this time. This two year ban will be the first step in helping the vaquita begin to re-populate and save it from extinction.
Join Winter, Hope and the team at Clearwater Marine Aquarium to save the vaquita and enact this two year program. With your help, we can save an entire species that could potentially face extinction in the next few years. It’s Winter’s Hope that the vaquita will survive and remain in our oceans forever.
You can help! Sign here to save the vaquita and be part of the change."

This is from the Clearwater Aquarium website, www.seewinter.com. Please click the link or go to the website to help make a change! I'm going to! (If it's okay with Mom, anyways.)
Both the banner, video, and all of the information before this last paragraph belongs to that website. The picture of the porpose in the net belongs to the Conservation International Mexico / Northwest Program