SEA SHEPERD : VASQUITA ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION : SEA OF CORTEZ : MEXICO : IT'S POSSIBLE ONLY TEN EXIST!

SEA SHEPHERD ORG : VAQUITA 

SEA SHEPHERD CREWS have spent over a decade in the upper Sea of Cortez defending the Vaquita Porpoise from the brink of extinction. Jacques Cousteau called the region, “the aquarium of the sea”. In spite of being endemic (non-migratory) to these nutrient-rich waters, scientists estimate only ten Vaquita remain today.

ONLY TEN VAQUITA EXIST - WORLD'S RAREST MARINE MAMMAL - A SMALL PORPOISE

WORLD WILD LIFE ORG SPECIES DIRECTORY 

Excerpt:  Vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal, is on the edge of extinction.  The plight of cetaceans - whales, dolphins, and porpoises - as a whole is exemplified by the rapid decline of the vaquita in Mexico, with about 10 individuals remaining.  This little porpoise wasn't discovered until 1958 and a little over half a century later, we are on the brink of losing them forever. Vaquita are often caught and drowned in gillnets used by illegal fishing operations in marine protected areas within Mexico's Gulf of California...

YOU EAT FISH? ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES?

According to SEAFOOD FOR THE FUTURE ORG, which is part of the nonprofit, AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC  http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/seafoodfuture  THE WORLD HUMAN POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 9.5 BILLION by 2050.  Seafood is among the healthiest sources of protein on the planet.  Wild capture seafood harvests have LEVELED OFF and CANNOT MEAN THE DEMAND.... More than # BILLION people on the planet DEPEND ON SEAFOOD as their primary source of protein...

and WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY and SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE to PRODUCE
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE FARMED FISH.

It's called AQUACULTURE!

Go to this link and read about eating jelly fish, and the smallest porpoise on earth that is about to go extinct...the VAQUITA.

Fishing practices DO effect all ocean life.