Gulf of California Stories

Saving vaquita: Retrieving ghost nets as dramatic new operation gets underway

In the Upper Gulf of California, scientists and fishermen work to protect the habitat of the world's smallest porpoise.

Mexico commits to critical measures to save the vaquita
June 08, 2017

The government of Mexico announces a permanent ban on gillnets in the Upper Gulf of California - a fantastic and encouraging step forward in the path to saving the vaquita.
Without global action, the world’s smallest porpoise could go extinct by 2018
May 15, 2017

With an estimated 30 or fewer remaining individuals, the vaquita are the focus of WWF’s new report calling for immediate, collective action to save the species from extinction. Prepared for WWF by Dalberg, Vanishing vaquita: saving the world’s most endangered marine mammal comes just before the two-year ban is due to expire at the end of May.
The vaquita: 5 Facts about the most endangered marine mammal
May 09, 2017

Learn more about this little porpoise, and what you can do to help save the vaquita.