There are 10 results for "vaquita"
CEC Secretariat recommends a factual record on the vaquita porpoise under USMCA/CUSMA Chapter 24
Montreal, 11 April 2022—On 1 April 2022, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recommended developing a factual record to explore factors contributing to the near-extinction the vaquita porpoise–the world's smallest cetacean and rarest marine mammal–in the Gulf of California in Mexico.
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Created on: April 11, 2022
CEC receives submission on the vaquita porpoise under USMCA/CUSMA Chapter 24
Montreal, 12 August 2021—Yesterday, the Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Welfare Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Environmental Investigation Agency filed a submission with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) under the provisions of Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to protect the vaquita porpoise.
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Created on: August 12, 2021
Vaquita Porpoise
The Submitters assert that "the Mexican government is failing to effectively enforce several environmental laws and as a result has caused the near-extinction of the vaquita porpoise. Only approximately 10 vaquita remain." The Submitters assert that the vaquita population has been declining precipitously for decades due to bycatch in gillnets set to catch shrimp and fish, including totoaba, a large, endangered fish that is threatened by illegal fishing for international markets.
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Created on: August 11, 2021
Recovering the Vaquita and Promoting Sustainable Local Livelihoods
The purpose of this project is to support Mexico's recovery strategy for this species and to steward the implementation of a North American Conservation Action Plan (NACAP), to eliminate incidental bycatch of vaquita.
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Created on: October 18, 2009
Trinational Ad Hoc Task Group for the Vaquita North American Conservation
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Created on: August 3, 2009
Vaquita
This NACAP is intended to provide a trinational outlook on the species. It gives an updated account of the species and its current situation, identifies the main risk factors causing the species to suffer an unsustainable level of mortality, and summarizes the current management and actions taken in each country, as well as public and commercial perception of the species and the threats it faces.
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Created on: January 1, 2008
Ecological scorecards to help assess status, trends in North America’s marine protected areas
New "how-to" guide provides a tool for marine protected area managers
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Created on: March 16, 2011
CEC Ministerial Statement – 2008 — Fifteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council
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Created on: June 26, 2008
Council Resolution: 07-13
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Created on: June 27, 2007
CEC Ministerial Statement – 2007 — Fourteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council
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Created on: June 27, 2007