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Standing Watch
Standing Watch

Endangered Efforts: Time to Bid Farewell to Vaquita?

STATEWIDE—And then there were only 10. No need to apply within for job openings of doomsday spokesperson, as the vaquita porpoise might be fully extinct before the end of this

Vaquita Porpoise
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NOAA implements seafood ban on certain Mexico imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fish and fish products caught in Mexico with gillnets deployed in range of the dwindling vaquita habitat won’t be allowed to enter the United States, thanks to

Vaquita
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Court orders ban on seafood imports to save vaquita

NEW YORK — Seafood caught from the Sea of Cortez cannot be imported from Mexico to the United States, according to an order issued by the U.S. Court of International

Vaquita
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“In-Danger” designation for vaquita habitat could be delayed

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

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Trump administration sued over vaquita porpoise

The Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade, March 21, alleging several federal agencies, in not enforcing