WWF Says Vaquitas Could Go Extinct by 2018 But Ignores Efforts Underway to Try and Save Them
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - May 17, 2017
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a report this week that says the endangered vaquita porpoise will go extinct by 2018 and ignored all of the efforts currently underway to protect the species.
The WWF report calls on the Mexican government to immediately implement and enforce a permanent ban on all gillnets and remove all ghost nets to prevent any bycatch of vaquita.
The report also calls on the US and Chinese governments to collaborate with Mexico to halt the illegal transport and sale of totoaba products...
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