GULF OF CALIFORNIA — A vanishing species mostly found in protected waters apparently won’t earn an “In-Danger” designation from an international agency, potentially allowing the endangered marine mammal to become extinct within the next three years or sooner.
A joint recommendation by UNESCO World Heritage Center and the International Union for...
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The Vaquita are doomed, The Colorado river brought nutrients to the Sea of Cortez for thousands of years. It no longer does. Plankton, small fish and shrimp numbers have been slowly diminishing since the dams were built. Not a drop of the Colorado water flows to the sea. The Sea of Cortez has been dying a slow death ever since. Even stopping the gill netting now will not bring back the Vaquita. Humans have taken their toll on these small porpoise, it’s very sad!
THE SEA OF CORTEZ WAS MURDERED LONG AGO BY COMMERCIAL OVER FISHING BY JAPANESE TRAWLERS AND FACTORY SHIPS THAT TOOK EVERYTHING…
THE ZILLIONS OF SEA BIRDS ARE GONE…
NO BAIT SCHOOLS FOR THEIR FODER ANYMORE…
ONLY THEIR OLD DRIED WHITE GUANO ON THE CLIFFS REMAIN…
EVERYTHING IS SHOT AT NIGHT UNDER HOOKAHS WITH LIGHTS…
LET’S NOT FORGET THE DRUG CARTEL’S MARKING THEIR AERIAL DROP OFF POINTS WITH FLUORESCENT WATER DYES…
THE SEA IS DEAD…
RIP…