Can the Vaquita Be Saved From Extinction?
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is considered the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It is the smallest member of the porpoise family endemic to the upper part of the Gulf of California.
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Vaquitas and gillnets: Mexico’s ultimate cetacean conservation challenge [PDF]
Endangered Species Research, 2013 There is a high risk that incidental mortality (bycatch) in gillnets will lead to extinction of the vaquita Phocoena sinus, a small porpoise endemic to Mexico’s northern Gulf of California. A zoned Biosphere Reserve established in 1993 proved ineffective
L Rojas-Bracho, RR Reeves
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The critically endangered vaquita is not doomed to extinction by inbreeding depression. [PDF]
Science, 2022 In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality from gillnet fishing have driven Mexico’s vaquita porpoise ( Phocoena sinus ) to ~10 remaining individuals.
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Some hope and many concerns on the future of the vaquita. [PDF]
Heredity (Edinb), 2023 Garcia-Dorado A, Hedrick P.
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Exploring trade-offs between fisheries and conservation of the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) using an Atlantis ecosystem model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Minimizing fishery bycatch threats might involve trade-offs between maintaining viable populations and economic benefits. Understanding these trade-offs can help managers reconcile conflicting goals.
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Indirect effects of conservation policies on the coupled human-natural ecosystem of the upper Gulf of California. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 High bycatch of non-target species and species of conservation concern often drives the implementation of fisheries policies. However, species- or fishery-specific policies may lead to indirect consequences, positive or negative, for other species or ...
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How Conservation Is Failing European Porpoises
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The conservation of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) appears to be failing in Europe. There are particular concerns about this species in the Baltic Proper, Black, and Mediterranean Seas, as well as in the Northeast Atlantic, including the Iberian ...
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Vaquita: beleaguered porpoise of the Gulf of California, México [PDF]
Therya, 2021 The vaquita ( Phocoena sinus ), an endemic porpoise of the Gulf of California, Mexico, was first described scientifically in 1958, from three skulls. It is considered a sister taxon of an ancestor of the Southern Hemisphere Burmeister’s porpoise ( P. spinipinnis ) and spectacled porpoise ( P.
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Valoración económica para la protección socioambiental de la vaquita marina, una especie endémica
Región y Sociedad, 2017 The impact of irrational human practices on the environment makes it indispensable to implement measures, such as the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve, in order to preserve the natural environment and habitats, and thus
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