News Headline

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2016-07-26

To protect the world’s rarest and most threatened marine mammal, Mexico will permanently ban the use of gillnets throughout the range of vaquita porpoise from September, and phase out night fishing by the end of this year.

Content
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/mexico-bans-gillnets-to-protect-rare-vaquita-porpoise/