gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 GALLERY – Click on images to enlarge. Watch the documentary Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise – now online! The Vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise. They live only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Scientists estimate that 250 animals remain. This shy, [...]

While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier. Unbelievably, it was the first time anyone had visited them and their school to talk about the vaquita.

For the past year, Miguel Reyes Franco has been taking part in the alternative gear experiments in the region. He gives us an insight into the issues surrounding Vaquita conservation from a fishermen’s perspective.

I had the opportunity to spend time with and speak in depth to scientists Barbara Taylor and Tim Gerrodette of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California.

Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.

Scientist Barb Taylor asked me to join a team from the RV David Starr Jordan to document what was happening 5 miles away. Bob Pitman sighted a marine mammal on the “big-eyes” moving erratically.

Vaquita Porpoise – Phocoena sinus Class – Mammalia Order – Cetacea Suborder – Odontoceti Family – Phocoenidae Genus -Phocoena Species – Phocoena sinus Introduction: The vaquita is one of six species of porpoise. The term ‘porpoise’ is derived from the Latin porcus for ‘pig’ and piscus for ‘fish’. Porpoises are quite distinct from other species [...]