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1. Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes.

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Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Brusca, Richard C, Álvarez-Borrego, Saúl, Brownell, Robert L, Camacho-Ibar, Víctor, Ceballos, Gerardo, de la Cueva, Horacio, García-Hernández, Jaqueline, Hastings, Philip A, Cárdenas-Hinojosa, Gustavo, Jaramillo–Legorreta, Armando M, Medellín, Rodrigo, Mesnick, Sarah L, Nieto-García, Edwyna, Urbán, Jorge, Velarde, Enriqueta, Vidal, Omar, Findley, Lloyd T, and Taylor, Barbara L

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*ANIMAL diversity conservation, *MARINE mammals, *PHOCOENA sinus, *SUSTAINABILITY, *FISHERS
Abstract

The article offers information on the marine species condition at Upper Gulf of California. Topics discussed include concern for extinction of vaquita porpoise, most endangered marine mammal of Mexico; reduction of freshwater flow into the Upper Gulf of California (UGC) due to damming and diversion of the Colorado River, cause decline in vaquita; and collaborative efforts required among fishermen, the seafood supply chain, and environmental and fisheries agencies for conservative solution.

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2019
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2. Saving the Vacquita: Immediate Action, Not More Data.

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JARAMILLO‐LEGORRETA, ARMANDO, ROJAS‐BRACHO, LORENZO, BROWNELL, ROBERT L., READ, ANDREW J., REEVES, RANDALL R., RALLS, KATHERINE, and TAYLOR, BARBARA L.

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*PHOCOENA sinus, *GILLNETTING, *ENDANGERED species, *FISHING nets, *PORPOISES, *BIOLOGICAL extinction, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy
Abstract

The authors reports that the vaquita (Gulf of California porpoise, Phocoena sinus), is in imminent danger of extinction by the use of gillnet fishing in El Golfo de Santa Clara and San Felipe, Mexico as of December 2007. They call for the use of economic incentives to the fishing communities as a way of halting the use of such nets, and the incidental death of the porpoises caused by their use. Using computer models, they found that the vaquita has two years before they reach a population level of no return.

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2007
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