Updates
The latest on the vaquita.
We write here about how the vaquita is doing, the waters of the Upper Gulf where it lives, the towns along that coast and the people working to protect it, along with news about Save The Vaquita Week itself.
- The Colorado River’s water deal for its delta ends this year The vaquita lives at the northern tip of the Gulf of California, where the Colorado River used to meet the sea. For most of the last half century, the river…
- Following the totoaba trade, from Samarkand to Hong Kong Vaquitas die in gillnets that are set for another animal, the totoaba. It’s a large fish that lives only in the Gulf of California, and its dried swim bladder…
- Mexico plans to shrink the gillnet-free zone, and the new rules are still unpublished Since 2020, Mexico’s fishing rules for the Upper Gulf of California have banned gillnets across a large stretch of the vaquita’s range, though only on paper.…
- The 2025 survey found 7 to 10 vaquitas, and at least one calf Every year since 2019, a small team of Mexican and international scientists has gone out into the Upper Gulf of California to find out whether the vaquita is…
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