US: Mexico has been left to duty in the defense of the vaquita marina and the totoaba fish
Totoaba
Mexico
United States
Published Apr 2, 2022
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Illegal fishing must be avoided in its territorial waters, warns Assistant Secretary of State The Mexican government has a lot of work to do to protect the vaquita porpoise, there is a big problem there since their numbers are very low – experts They estimate that there are barely a dozen specimens left, said Mónica P. Medina, Assistant Secretary of State for the Office of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs of the United States.
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ANGELICA ENCISO L. THE DAY It must avoid illegal fishing in its territorial waters, warns Assistant Secretary of State The Mexican government has a lot of work to do to protect the vaquita marina, there is a big problem there, since its numbers are very low –experts estimate that there are barely a dozen copies left–, said Mónica P. Medina, Deputy Secretary of State for the United States Office of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. He said that it would be important for the Mexican government to make efforts to save the vaquita and the totoaba fish –species at risk of extinction and endemic to the Gulf of California–, in addition to working to convince the Chinese government that You must get involved to stop the illegal trafficking of totoaba, which is the most prone to this criminal activity. In an interview with La Jornada during his first visit to the country last week, in which he had meetings with the heads of the Navy, Environment and Foreign ...
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