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Mexico allows return of Sea Shepherd into Upper Gulf of California

Following nearly nine months of inactivity, the international environmental group Sea Shepherd has announced the Mexican government will allow them to return to the Upper Gulf of California to assist with the task of saving the critically endangered vaquita marina. Sea Shepherd detailed to have signed a new agreement with various agencies including the Ministries […]

Sea Shepherd encounters ongoing conflict in Upper Gulf of California

On January 1st, conflict in the Upper Gulf of California intensified following collision of a vessel of the Sea Shephard environmental organization with a fishermen’s panga.   The Secretary of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) detailed on the morning of January 1st, the “Sharpie” and the “Farley Mowat” of the Sea Shepherd non-governmental-organization were working to […]

Ships returns to monitor Vaquita Marina Habitat

For a fourth consecutive year, yet this time under Covid health protocols, the “Narval” ship of the Whale and Ocean Sciences Museum is sailing within the vaquita marina refuge in the Upper Gulf of California, in an effort to preserve the endangered species. After resuming sea patrols following their suspension in March due to Covid-19, […]

Whale rescued in Upper Gulf of California from illegal fishing net

By José Antonio Pérez The environmental organization Sea Shepherd reported the Feb. 21st rescue of an injured humpback whale found tangled in an illegal fishing net used to capture totoaba in the Vaquita Marina refuge area of the Upper Gulf of California. The net was several hundred meters long and firmly wrapped around the whale, […]

Young vaquita marina body found near San Felipe

Despite several efforts to preserve the endangered vaquita marina population in the Upper Gulf of California, the Sea Shepherd non-governmental organization reported finding the small corpse of a vaquita marina newborn along the area known as “Playa Hermosa” located 34 kilometers south of San Felipe, B.C. PROFEPA, the Mexican Federal Environmental Protection agency, will begin […]