The Vaquita Marina: Imminent Extinction

THURSDAY, JUNE 18
PROGRAM #11175 11:00 AM PT

The Vaquita Marina: Imminent Extinction. 

Our contributor Víctor Rodríguez was honored with the Baja California State Literature Prize for his book Odisea por la Vaquita Marina — “Odyssey for the Vaquita Marina” — in which he tells the story of the rampant fishing predation that has pushed two endemic species of the Gulf of California to the edge of extinction: the prized totoaba and the vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. In this conversation, Rodríguez speaks about the uphill, emergency efforts underway to save these threatened species.

Photo: Gaceta UNAM

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