04607cam a2200973 4500 529127768 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781610919326 1610919327 B07F1MX9X5 Amazon 552658fe-6851-47e4-a189-99200e05f9fb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4261204 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bessesen, Brooke. Vaquita [Libby] : Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez. Island Press, 2018. endangered species. Organized Crime. to. Wildlife conservation. Poaching. corruption. cites. Hong Kong. Baja California. Sonora. wildlife trafficking. baja peninsula. Mexican cartels. Entangled. chinese mafia. bycatch. sea of cortez. illegal fishing. alternative fishing gear. Alto Golfo. American border. cochita. collateral damage. Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve. corvina. critically endangered. disappearing biodiversity. El Golfo de Santa Clara. Endangered Species List. endemic to Mexico. ghost nets. gillnet ban. gillnets. Gulf of California fishing. Gulf of California harbor porpoise. Island Press. la vaquita marina. Mexican fishermen. Mexican species. Mexican Standard NOM-059-ECOL. panda of the sea. Phocoena sinus. Phocoenidae. porpoise. Puerto Peñasco. Rocky Point. San Felipe. smallest cetacean. smuggling operations. Tototaba macdonaldi. Unites States crime. upper Gulf of California. vaquita. Vaquita Refuge. Vermilion Sea. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1736kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Nature. Nonfiction. HTML:In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inheritedthe dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal.Nicknamed "panda of the sea” for their small size and beguiling facial markings, vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying by the hundreds in gillnets intended for commercially valuable fish, as wellas for anendangered fish called totoaba. When international crime cartels discovered a lucrative trade in the swim bladders of totoaba, illegal gillnetting went rampant, and now the lives of the few remaining vaquitas hang in the balance.<br /> Author Brooke Bessesen takes us on a journey to Mexico's Upper Gulf region to uncover the story. She interviewed townspeople, fishermen, scientists, and activists, teasing apart a complex story filled with villains and heroes, a story whose outcome is unclear.When diplomatic and political efforts to save the little porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a team of veterinary experts in a binational effort to capture the last remaining vaquitas and breed them in captivity—the best hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable.<br /> Whether the rescue attempt succeeds or fails, the world must ask itself hard questions. When vaquita and the totoaba are gone, the black market will turn to the next vulnerable species. What will we do then? Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=552658fe-6851-47e4-a189-99200e05f9fb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=552658fe-6851-47e4-a189-99200e05f9fb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=552658fe-6851-47e4-a189-99200e05f9fb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)