Vaquitas: Mexico’s plan to save endangered porpoises could backfire

A whole lot of cement pillars with hooks have been deployed within the Gulf of California to snag fishing nets that threaten endangered porpoises, however these may additionally entice sea life and pollute the waters

By Corryn Wetzel

In a last-ditch try to avoid wasting a critically endangered porpoise, Mexican officers started dropping weighted steel hooks within the Gulf of California in July. The aim is to snag unlawful gill nets, thereby discouraging and thwarting the fishing observe that’s largely accountable for winnowing the inhabitants of vaquitas to only eight people.

“With so few vaquitas remaining on the planet, we’re not ready to make any errors,” says Alex Olivera on the Heart for …