By Peggy Turk-Boyer, Executive Director – cedointercultural.org This Saturday, July 9th, people from around the world will be joining together to recognize vaquita, the shy and tiny porpoise that only lives in the northernmost reaches of the Gulf of California, CEDO’s back yard. It will be hard to celebrate on this 2016 “International Save the […]
La agrupación internacional ecologista Sociedad de Conservacion Biologica nombro como embajadores para la protección de la vaquita marina a Monica Michelle y Guillermo Munro Colosio. Por la trayectoria que ambas personas han ganado con su activismo en labores de protección al medio ambiente y al ecosistema de la región además de promover con el arte […]
The Society for Conservation Biology recently named Monica Michelle and Guillermo Munro Colosio (Memuco) as ambassadors for the protection of the marine vaquita. A background in environmental activism and awareness campaigns about the region’s ecosystem, along with the promotion of art as a means to preserve the endangered species, earned both Michelle and Memuco the […]
Fishermen from Puerto Peñasco are to receive economic compensation due to the impact of a two year fishing ban (or rather the use of gillnets) in the Upper Gulf of California. A meeting held earlier this summer in Mazatlán, Sinaloa between representatives and fishermen from Puerto Peñasco, accompanied by municipal officials, and staff from the […]
Pescadores ribereños de Puerto Peñasco propusieron a instancias federales ampliar el polígono de la reserva de la Totoaba y la Vaquita Marina en el alto golfo de California así como ser incluidos en el programa de compensación que se hará efectivo por la veda de pesca de dos años. La prohibición de pesca con redes […]
Coastal fishermen in Puerto Peñasco have proposed federal offices broaden the polygon of the reserve for Totoaba and the Vaquita Marina within the upper Gulf of California. The proposal furthers they be included in the compensation program, which will go into effect during the 2 year fishing ban. The ban on fishing with gillnets went […]
At least 350 panga operators and some 1,000 families in Puerto Peñasco will be affected by the temporary ban on gill nets for smaller boats, known as “pangas”, in the northern part of the Gulf of California in an effort to protect the endangered vaquita marina and other species. On April 10th, the Official Journal […]
The critically endangered vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus) is a species endemic to this region. It is believed that only 100 vaquita remain and its very survival has been widely debated within the fishing sector. According to studies done by various organizations, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as of July 2014 there were […]
By Biologist Abraham Meza López The Vaquita Marina (Phocoena sinus) belongs to the family of sea mammals (Phocoenidae) and, along with dolphins and whales, forms part of the cetacean order (Cetacea). The Vaquita is unique across the globe, not only because its entire population is restricted within a reduced area of the Upper Gulf of […]