LONDON: Tens of thousands of dolphins, porpoises and whales (collectively known as cetaceans) are dying every year in European waters as a result of being bycaught in fishing gear – and some populations are coming perilously close to extinction. A new report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that the degree of bycatch […]
A new investigation has revealed that the illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish which is driving the vaquita porpoise to extinction is thriving on social media
Fate of the world’s most endangered cetacean to be decided in Geneva LONDON: As governments from around the world prepare to meet in Geneva for the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a new report urges the imposition of trade suspensions against Mexico for its […]
Scientists announced today (14 March) that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcomes a declaration made at CITES today to deliver an urgent action plan to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction
The International Whaling Commission today joined the chorus of international voices calling for urgent action to save the Mexican vaquita porpoise from extinction. The Resolution on the Critically Endangered Vaquita, proposed by the USA and European Union, was adopted by consensus at the IWC’s 66th meeting in Slovenia