Despite measures by the Mexican government to protect Vaquita, which live in the northern part of the Gulf of California, the porpoises are continuing to die at an alarming rate as they become caught in illegal gillnets used to catch the endangered Totoaba fish. The Mexican government has determined that emergency action is needed Conservation action plans and operational efforts continue in an aim to to end the illegal fishing and remove gillnets from the region.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Dolphin Quest as well as other zoological institutions accredited by the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums around the world have been contributing expertise and knowledge to assist the National Marine Mammal Foundation with these conservation efforts to save the vaquita.
You can learn more by visiting the VaquitaCPR website and spreading the word about these incredible animals on the verge of extinction.
Dolphin Quest has an ongoing fund to help support threatened and endangered small cetacean species, like the Vaquita. Visit our Science Studies Conservation page to learn more about the current global projects being assisted.
THE DOLPHIN QUEST CONNECTION:
- Dolphin Quest has donated $70,000 in financial support to assist conservation efforts for the Vaquita.
- Dolphin Quest has also donated countless hours of professional animal expertise to help these efforts.
- Dolphin Quest is committed to elevating awareness and actively supporting the global conservation and of other threatened and endangered dolphin, porpoise and whale species.