Mexico to enforce gillnet fishing ban to help endangered porpoise
Mexico to enforce gillnet fishing ban to help endangered porpoise
By AP | 28 Feb, 2015, 09.31PM IST
MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities will use satellite tracking, drones, a series of naval bases and a fleet of small patrol boats to enforce a new gillnet fishing ban in the upper Sea of Cortes in a bid to save the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise.
Environment department official Rafael Pacchiano says the $37 million plan will go into effect later in March and will last at least two years, after which it will be evaluated.
The plan will compensate fishermen for stopping use of gillnets, which often sweep up the tiny porpoises along with their catch.
There are fewer than 100 of the elusive porpoises left in the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California. It is the only place on Earth where they are found.
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