The rarest marine mammals on earth, the vaquita porpoise, does not appear to have seen a drop in its population since October 2021, according to an optimistic new research report published Wednesday by Sea Shepherd, a non-governmental organization.
The critically endangered vaquita, native to Mexico's Gulf of California, has been imperiled by black market fishing, putting Mexico's government under pressure to crack down on the practice.
However, Sea Shepherd's latest surveillance mission said that they spotted around a dozen healthy looking individuals, including calves; "roughly the same" estimate as that in October 2021 when the last survey was conducted.
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