Vaquita, science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez, Brooke Bessesen
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Vaquita, science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez, Brooke Bessesen
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Vaquita
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Brooke Bessesen
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science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez
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In 2006, the vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying in illegal gillnets intended for a giant fish, totoaba. Author Brooke Bessesen takes us to the Upper Gulf region in search of answers to a heart-wrenching dilemma. When diplomatic efforts to save the porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a scientific team in a binational effort to capture remaining vaquita and breed them in captivity--the only hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable
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