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Miami University, Department of Biology, Project Dragonfly, 701 Western College Dr, Oxford, OH 45056, United States of America. Electronic address:
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is the world's smallest cetacean and most endangered marine mammal. The species is under threat from illegal fishing activities that take place in the upper Gulf of California (UGC). Artisanal use of gillnets to catch shrimp and poach the endangered totoaba are the primary drivers of vaquita population declines due to bycatch.
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- The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise found only in Mexico, facing severe population decline primarily due to bycatch in gillnets.
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