The Mexican Navy on Tuesday said that it has begun a controversial plan to drop concrete blocks onto the bottom of the Gulf of California to snag illegal nets that drown critically endangered vaquita porpoises.
As few as eight of the tiny, elusive porpoises remain in the gulf.
It is the only place they live, and they cannot be captured and bred in captivity.
Vaquitas become trapped and drown in gill nets that fishers set illegally for totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China and sells for thousands of dollars per kilogram.
The Mexican government has largely abandoned efforts to
The Mexican navy has begun a controversial plan to drop dozens of concrete blocks onto the bottom of the Gulf of California in bid to snag illegal nets that drown critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises
The Mexican navy has begun a controversial plan to drop dozens of concrete blocks onto the bottom of the Gulf of California in bid to snag illegal nets that drown critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises
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