‘Cocaine of the sea’ threatens critically endangered vaquita
The vaquita marina in Mexico is threatened by a clash of interests between fishing and conservation. …
“They were going to burn our boat,” says Ms Towns who was at sea at the time, testing vaquita-friendly nets. “When I arrived back, other fishers that work with this alternative gear, they were protecting our boat, telling them [the rioters], ‘This is not your enemy! Don’t burn this boat’.”
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