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- Third Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) Workshop, held in Borneo, puts 46 new candidate IMMAs on the map
- First vaquita found dead in 2018 – March 2018 Update
- Vaquita peril persists with on-going illegal totoaba fishing – February 2018 Update
- Insights into Critically Endangered Mekong Dolphin Genetics and What This Means for Conservation
- Cooperative Net Removal Efforts Increase to Save Vaquitas
- Arabian Sea humpback whale tagged off the coast of Oman crosses to India!
- Vaquita rescue efforts suspended
- 2017 Cetacean Red List Update
- Update on Mekong River dams and river dolphins
- Massive large whale mortality event in Chile
- Initiative to save Taiwanese white dolphins from extinction
- Vaquita on the verge of extinction
- Lost Indus dolphins in the Beas River, India
- Distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the European Atlantic – SCANS-III
- Workshop on Important Marine Mammal Areas in the South Pacific
- Announcement of the Second Indian Ocean Cetacean Symposium
- New Infographic from Arabian Sea Whale Network
- Progress protecting Mekong River dolphins undermined by proposed dams
- Jan 2017 update on the decline of the Vaquita
- Progress on Chinese White Dolphin (CWD) Research and Conservation Initiative
Category Archives: Vaquita
First vaquita found dead in 2018 – March 2018 Update
On March 27 the Mexican Navy recovered a decomposed vaquita. A necropsy was conducted on April 4 and it was confirmed that the animal died from entanglement (see Necropsy Report). The net removal effort continues With fewer than 30 vaquitas … Continue reading
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Cooperative Net Removal Efforts Increase to Save Vaquitas
The net removal effort, started by Sea Shepherd’s Operation Milagro in collaboration with the Mexican Navy in 2015, is building to become the biggest yet in the totoaba season currently under way. The initial Sea Shepherd/Navy effort focused on observing … Continue reading
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Vaquita rescue efforts suspended
The 10th meeting of CIRVA (Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita) was held at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, on 11-12 December 2017 and the final report of CIRVA-10 (which includes the report of … Continue reading
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