A field effort to capture critically endangered vaquitas Phocoena sinus for protection from entanglement in illegal gillnets

In 2017 an emergency field effort was undertaken in an attempt to prevent the extinction of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita Phocoena sinus. The rescue effort involved 90 experts from 9 countries and cost US$ 5 million. Following a long decline due to entanglement in legal gill...

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Main Authors: Rojas-Bracho, L, Gulland, FMD, Smith, CR, Taylor, B, Wells, RS, Thomas, PO, Bauer, B, Heide-Jørgensen, MP, Teilmann, J, Dietz, R, Balle, JD, Jensen, MV, Sinding, MHS, Jaramillo-Legorreta, A, Abel, G, Read, AJ, Westgate, AJ, Colegrove, K, Gomez, F, Martz, K, Rebolledo, R, Ridgway, S, Rowles, T, van Elk, CE, Boehm, J, Cardenas-Hinojosa, G, Constandse, R, Nieto-Garcia, E, Phillips, W, Sabio, D, Sanchez, R, Sweeney, J, Townsend, F, Vivanco, J, Vivanco, JC, Walker, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2019-01-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v38/p11-27/