WWF response to the Government of Mexico permanently banning the use of gillnets in the Upper Gulf of California... In response to the Government of Mexico today permanently banning the use of ...

environmental advocates work 24 hours a day hand in hand with Mexican authorities to save the almost extinct marine vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, in the Sea of Cortez. The most recent ...

This species, known as the world's smallest porpoise and endemic to the Upper Gulf of California, is critically endangered, prompting strict regulations to protect its habitat. Currently ...

As recently as 30 years ago, there were approximately 600 vaquitas swimming in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. At least three vaquita were found dead in the spring of 2016; all bore evidence of ...

Maintain a high level of surveillance and monitoring activities, particularly during the season when illegal totoaba fishing occurs, in the Upper Gulf of California and increase resources, either by ...

A fishing vessel immortalized in literature makes a historic return to the Sea of Cortez to retrace the voyage of John Steinbeck and Ed "Doc" Ricketts.

THREATS: In imminent danger of extinction, the vaquita population is threatened by incidental bycatch in illegal and legal gillnets, commercial shrimp trawls, damming of the Colorado River and ...

Two years ago, scientists estimated that only 100 vaquita porpoises remained in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. In April 2015, as vaquitas continued to die due to entanglement in fishing gear, the ...

MONTEREY — Eighty-five years ago, to the week, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California. Amongst the crew were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts ...

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...