US EditionEnvironment Ministry releases 40,000 baby totoaba into the Gulf of California
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Totoaba bladder trafficking (Totoaba macdonaldi), an endemic fish in the Gulf of California, in northern Mexico, has endangered other species, including the sea vaquita (Phocoena sinus). The demand for totoaba, whose fishing is prohibited, has affected other animals trapped in the same gillnets, in particular the vaquitas, the world’s smallest porpoises, and Critically Endangered. To prevent and seek the recovery of the species in turn, enormous…
Environment Ministry releases 40,000 baby totoaba into the Gulf of California
As part of a milestone conservation effort led by Mexico’s Environment Ministry, 40,000 baby totoaba fish were released into the waters of the Gulf of California, a unique ecosystem where this threatened species is endemic. This marks the tenth generation of totoaba — 270,000 individuals in the past 10 years — that Mexico has reintroduced to prevent the extinction of the species. The fish plays a crucial role in marine balance in the Gulf, dubbe…
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