Read online news articles about Operation Milagro and the issues surrounding the vaquita porpoise and environs.
2018
April 11, 2018 – Battle in the Gulf of California for the Traffic of ‘Sea Cocaine’ (Maritime Herald)
April 6, 2018 – First vaquita found dead in 2018 (IUCN-CSG)
April 1, 2018 – ‘Unprecedented Rescue Operation’ (Eco Watch)
March 8, 2018 – Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports (Mongabay)
March 8, 2018 – Vaquita peril persists with on-going illegal totoaba fishing – February 2018 Update (IUCN-CSG)
March 5, 2018 – At Paris Fashion Week, Stella McCartney is ‘Woke,’ Giambattista Valli Responds to the Right (The Hollywood Reporter)
February 28, 2018 – Mexico Places Armed Guards on Sea Shepherd Vessels (Maritime Executive)
February 22, 2018 – The Military Wants Genetically-Modified Sea Creatures to Snitch on Enemy Ships (Vice)
February 7, 2018 – Cooperative Net Removal Efforts Increase to Save Vaquitas (IUCN-CSG)
2017
Dec 26, 2017 – Poachers shoot down anti-poaching drone in the Gulf of California (LA Times)
Dec 2017 – Vaquita – The Business of Extinction (CNN Money)
Dec 3, 2017 – Is it too late to save Mexico’s vaquita porpoise? (Al Jazeera)
Nov 17, 2017 – Interview with Captain Paul Watson on the vaquita crisis (Hawaiian Public Radio)
Nov 14, 2017 – Canadian environmental group in campaign to save vaquita porpoise (Radio Canada International)
Nov 14, 2017 – Mexico military crime-busters join ocean campaign to stop gangs wiping out vaquitas (Daily Express)
Nov 11, 2017 – 30 Vaquita Porpoises Are Left. One Died in a Rescue Mission (NY Times)
Nov 9, 2017 – A final bid to save the world’s rarest porpoise ends in heartbreak. Is extinction next? (Washington Post)
Nov 8, 2017 – Vaquita porpoise capture operations end on Sea of Cortez (CBS8 San Diego)
Nov 6, 2017 – Endangered Porpoise Dies From Stress After People Capture Her (The Dodo)
Oct 27, 2017 – News 8’s Shawn Styles teams up with Sea Shepherd on the Sea of Cortez(CBS8 San Diego video)
Oct 27, 2017 – Local scientists resume vaquita ‘rescue’ operation off San Felipe (CBS8 San Diego video)
Sep 20, 2017 – Avoiding Extinction (Hakai Magazine)
Aug 4, 2017 – US government spending $600K to rescue Mexican porpoises (CBS8 San Diego)
August 2017 – Goodbye, Vaquita: How Corruption and Poverty Doom Endangered Species(Scientific American)
July 21, 2017 – The Last Vaquitas: “I’ve Seen More Dead Than Alive” by John R. Platt (The Revelator)
June 12, 2017 – National Geographic Explorer “Cocaine of the Sea” (National Geographic video)
June 5, 2017 – The world’s smallest porpoise has caused a big battle in Baja Californiaa (LA Times)
May 26, 2017 – In Mexico, A Last-Ditch Effort To Save The Vaquita, On The Verge Of Extinction(NPR)
May 22, 2017 – The Desperate Gambit That Could Save A Tiny Porpoise From Extinction … Or Kill It (HuffPost)
May 12, 2017 – Mexican vaquita porpoise pushed toward extinction by illicit fish bladder trade(San Diego Union-Tribune)
April 27, 2017 – Only Captivity Will Save the Vaquita, Experts Say (NY Times)
April 12, 2017 – The race to save Mexico’s vaquita from extinction (Aljazeera)
Feb 17, 2017 – Before Vaquitas Vanish, a Desperate Bid to Save ThemDesperate Bid to Save Them (NY Times)
2016
May 23, 2016 – ‘Aquatic cocaine’: Fish bladders are latest Mexican smuggling commodity(CNN)
May 22, 2016 – The Last Vaquitas (CBS News – 60 Minutes)
May 14, 2016 – The Vaquita, the World’s Smallest Porpoise, Slips Closer to Extinction (NY Times)