MEXICO-US-CONSERVATION-VAQUITA-PORPOISE

Pritam Singh, Chairman and President of SeaShepherd Conservation Society stands outside the bridge of the Seahorse, the new Sea Shepherd vessel deployed to help on the efforts to save the endangered vaquita porpoise, during a presentation to the media near San Felipe, in the Gulf of California, Baja California state, northwestern, Mexico, on January 24, 2023. Mexico's navy and the environmental organization Sea Shepherd are working together on the so called Operation Milagro, Miracle Operation, to prevent the vaquita porpoise disappearing forever. The species is critically endangered, due to illegal gillnets used to catch totoaba, a large fish whose swim bladder can fetch thousands of dollars in China thanks to its supposed medicinal properties. - Mexico's navy and the environmental organization Sea Shepherd are working together on the so called Operation Milagro, Miracle Operation, to prevent the vaquita porpoise disappearing forever. The species is critically endangered, due to illegal gillnets used to catch totoaba, a large fish whose swim bladder can fetch thousands of dollars in China thanks to its supposed medicinal properties. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)