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Native to the Gulf of California, there were an estimated 30 vaquitas left in 2016 and an alarming new study has found that there were fewer than 19 animals remaining in autumn 2019.
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The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is found only in the waters of the northern Gulf of California, Mexico (see map), and recent surveys within the area now most favoured by vaquitas have observed only about about ten individuals remaining over the period from 2019 to 2023.
Download scientific diagram | Vaquita population estimates over time (based on information from Crosta and others, 2018, and Rojas and Bracho, 2021) from publication: Technical Report: Vanishing...
The most current population estimated is based on analysis of the 2016 Acoustic Monitoring Program data which has shows that almost half of the remaining vaquita population were lost between 2015 and 2016 (a 49 percent annual decline).
22 Απρ 2021 · The vaquita is a small porpoise endemic to the Sea of Cortez in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico. It is estimated that there are now fewer than 10 vaquitas left, with a total population decline of 98.6% since 2011.
22 Νοε 2024 · Determining the number of vaquita in the wild—and how the population is changing over time—helps resource managers measure the effects of conservation actions. Data are collected using visual line transect surveys and passive acoustic monitoring.
The Vaquita is a small, elusive, and critically endangered marine mammal that is endemic to a small area of the upper Gulf of California. Its population is plummeting and heading for extinction--at the current rate of population decline, the vaquita may be extinct in a few years.
