Decline towards extinction of Mexico's vaquita porpoise ( Phocoena sinus ) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small porpoise endemic to Mexico. It is listed by IUCN as Critically Endangered because of unsustainable levels of bycatch in gillnets.
Armando M Jaramillo-Legorreta +2 more
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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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More vaquita porpoises survive than expected
Endangered Species Research, 2022 In 2018, it was estimated that fewer than 20 of Mexico’s endemic vaquita porpoise Phocoena sinus remained, and the species was declining by 47% yr-1. Entanglement in gillnets is the sole threat to the species, and since the last population size estimate,
L Rojas-Bracho, Tim Gerrodette
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Distribution of the acoustic occurrence of dolphins during the summers 2011 to 2015 in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Baseline knowledge of spatial and temporal distribution patterns is essential for cetacean management and conservation. Such knowledge is particularly important in areas where gillnet fishing occurs, as the Upper Gulf of California, which increases the ...
Gustavo Cárdenas Hinojosa +3 more
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The first complete hand-rearing of two neonatal finless porpoises. [PDF]
PLoS ONEHand-rearing of marine mammals is an essential technique for the husbandry of orphans in captivity or the wild, especially endangered cetacean species.
Masahiko Kasamatsu +5 more
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The critically endangered vaquita is not doomed to extinction by inbreeding depression [PDF]
Science, 2022 Jacqueline A Robinson +2 more
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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.
Bernd Würsig +3 more
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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 ...
Ida Carlén +4 more
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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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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The Baltic Proper harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is currently listed as critically endangered (CR), with the Static Acoustic Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Harbor Porpoise (SAMBAH) project concluding that only ~500 individuals remain.
Kylie Owen +2 more
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