Mexico announces new plan to protect near-extinct porpoise AFP 5 hrs ago © HO Conservationists believe there are only 10 vaquita porpoises left alive
The Mexican government on Wednesday announced new measures that it said were aimed at saving the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, the world s rarest marine mammal.
Authorities said the objective was to improve surveillance and supervision of fishing in the northern Gulf of California the only place in the world where the vaquita is found.
Potential actions include the partial or total closure of a vaquita sanctuary in the Gulf to fishing boats for up to one month, the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission said.
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