Mexico says only 22 VAQUITA porpoises remain

[rwsanders]

19. I've been distraught since I found out,

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I had no idea things were so bad and I try hard to stay up on these issues.
The vaquita was known primarily to the fishermen who moved into the area in the 1940s following the totoaba. They may have been known to the few Indians in the area, but no one has any records from them.
The vaquita was only described in the scientific literature in the 1950's.
The rest of the world had information only in the 1970s.
By the 1990's the population was already in sharp decline and Jean-Michel Cousteau negotiated a protection agreement in the 1990s.
Demand for the totoaba swim bladder has exploded and here we are.