Critically endangered porpoise is focus of new research report

An international research team, including biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction will increase and possibly be irreversible. Scientists believe only about 150 vaquita remain.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news119627866.html">Critically endangered porpoise is focus of new research report</a></p> <p>An international research team, including biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal <i>Conservation Biology</i>, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction will increase and possibly be irreversible. Scientists believe only about 150 vaquita remain.</p>