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Members of the CEC Council authorize the development of a factual record on the effective enforcement of environmental law regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita porpoise)
July 10, 2024
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 10 July 2024 — The members of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), in Council Resolution 24-02, unanimously decided to instruct the CEC Secretariat to develop a factual record regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita porpoise). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce the General Wildlife Act and its regulations as well as various federal environmental orders, with respect to the protection of the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) in the Upper Gulf of California.
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