The vaquita , a small porpoise that lives in Gulf of California , Mexico , is near extinction . Most of this money has been used to compensate the fishermen affected by the creation of a vaquita refuge in 2009 and to assist those wanting to switch to safer fishing techniques . Robert L. Brownell Jr. , Zhou Kaiya and Zhou Kaiya : Fewer than 100 vaquitas remain . They say Chinese , U.S. and Mexican governments must take swift and coordinated action . Fewer than 100 way is if Mexico stops the illegal fishing of totoaba , which often ensnares vaquitas .
The vaquita , a small porpoise that lives in Gulf of California , Mexico , is near extinction . Robert L. Brownell Jr. , Zhou Kaiya and Zhou Kaiya : Fewer than 100 vaquitas remain . They say Chinese , U.S. and Mexican governments must take swift and coordinated action . Fewer than 100 way is if Mexico stops the illegal fishing of totoaba , which often ensnares vaquitas .