Wildlife groups demand action over danger from fishing nets to vaquita marina, whose numbers are estimated at under 100The world's smallest porpoise faces imminent extinction unless the Mexican government eliminates gill-net fishing in its only habitat, the upper Sea of Cortez, scientists have warned.Recent studies conducted using underwater acoustic technology show that since 2012 the population of the vaquita marina - Spanish for little sea cow - has fallen to fewer than 100. Continue reading...
Mexico urged to act and save world's smallest porpoise - the little sea cow
12. srpna 2014 23:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/12/mexico-act-smallest-porpoise-vaquita-marina
Zdroj: The Guardian