Fishery bycatch rapidly driving Mexico's vaquita to extinction
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 15:01
in Biology & Nature
One of the most sophisticated networks of acoustic detectors ever developed for wildlife science has documented a devastating 34 percent per year decline of Mexico's critically endangered vaquita porpoise, according to a new study. A companion article uses both acoustic and visual surveys to estimate that only about 60 vaquitas remained, as of last year.