There’s a race to save a dozen small cetaceans, the last in the world of their species. They’re caught as bycatch in nets set to trap a fish with a huge demand in China. Can anything be done?
It all begins in Mexico, in the Gulf of California, just 97 miles from the US, where the totoaba is endemic. The demand for its swim bladder is at the heart of the issue. Two key towns in this region, San Felipe and Santa Clara, rely almost entirely on fishing shrimp and local fish. Times are perpetually challenging but engaging in illicit totoaba fishing can yield a substantial paycheck. They became overfished in the 2010s when a catch like this could generate hundreds of thousands of dollars each month.
Adding to the severity of the situation for this endangered fish, the nets used to catch this species, as well as those used for local shrimp, have inadvertently captured a small porpoise native to the Gulf of California, Mexico: the vaquita marina. This has pushed it to the brink of extinction. The latest survey in 2024 was only able to spot 6-8 vaquitas, from 10-13 last year. The US is exerting pressure on Mexico over the issue, and scientists, along with environmentalists and law enforcement in several countries, are working tirelessly to save the vaquita, halt totoaba trafficking and develop sustainable alternatives to harmful nets.
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My opinion is this, a complete misunderstanding and unreasonable action!!!!!! 🙁 when you think about the Italian mafia and drug cartels, it “ONLY” brought much more misfortune than any happiness or satisfaction. if someone only stole food from a supermarket, it would be better for them than mafia activities (not that I would recommend any criminal activity at all). After all, a car can only be like that, it doesn’t have to be better. A house or an apartment is the only way to live, and nothing better. but if someone is so organized in his head that he must be at the top of the mafia or in the head of a drug cartel. It is only in the downward position, i.e. one’s own death, family members kidnapping their own for ransom, murdering people, eternity lost. Incredible troubles and problems… human greed harms itself. Just notice who was happy or satisfied in the Italian mafia, no one, there were only losses and failures. It is man’s problem that he has his own vision. G019
Human greed. The fk fish swim bladders, people paying insane amounts of money to eat things that probably don’t have any nutritional value. Expensive gifts of status.
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Calling all criminals calling all criminals mexico is the best place to get your money. Hahah so much illegal money I bet the world will love to go over and fkn invade their mansions with drugs everywhere lol they have like over 500 billion dollars