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100 1 Bessesen, Brooke,|eauthor.
245 10 Vaquita : science, politics, and crime in the Sea of
Cortez /|cBrooke Bessesen.
264 1 Washington, DC :|bIsland Press,|c[2018]
264 4 |c©2018
300 xvii, 293 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "Foreword by Carl Safina"--Dust jacket.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and
index.
505 0 Foreword -- "Goodbye Baiji" -- Prologue -- The dead girl -
- Resource extraction -- Chasing a myth -- Tangled agendas
-- Death, drugs, and accountability -- Pirates on patrol -
- Searching for Vaquita -- Hearing is believing -- Science
in the sea -- Witnessing extinction -- Saving Bigfoot --
Sending out an SOS -- Meet the totoaba -- Last-ditch
effort -- Hope is a life raft (with a persistent leak) --
Epilogue.
520 "In 2006, the last of China's Yangtze river dolphins--
baiji--succumbed to extinction, and la vaquita marina, a
diminutive porpoise endemic to the Upper Gulf of
California, quietly and without fanfare inherited the
title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Unlike
many other critically endangered species, the vaquita is
not hunted. Nor is its habitat disappearing or degraded.
The species is even protected by law. Why then have its
numbers plummeted to near extinction when few humans have
seen it live in the wild? The answer lies in a shadowy mix
of international cartels, fishermen entrapped by politics
and culture, and an unlikely fish called the totoaba. In
this haunting story, Brooke Bessesen sets out to Mexico's
Upper Gulf region to untangle the intricacies of the
biology, acoustical science, and international intrigues
behind the vaquita's decline. She interviews townspeople,
fishermen, politicians, scientists, and activists, teasing
apart a complex story filled with villains and heroes, a
story whose outcome is unclear. When diplomatic and
political efforts to save the little porpoise fail,
Bessesen follows a team of veterinary experts in a
binational effort to capture the last remaining vaquitas
and breed them in captivity--the best hope for their
survival."--Dust jacket flap.
650 0 Phocoena sinus.
650 0 Rare mammals|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Endangered species|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Wildlife conservation|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Endangered ecosystems|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Poaching|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Totoaba fisheries|zMexico|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 0 Phocoena sinus|xConservation|xSocial aspects.
650 0 Phocoena sinus|xConservation|xEconomic aspects.
650 0 Wildlife conservation|xSocial aspects|zMexico|zCalifornia,
Gulf of.
650 0 Wildlife conservation|xEconomic aspects|zMexico
|zCalifornia, Gulf of.
650 7 NATURE|xAnimals|xMarine Life.|2bisacsh
650 7 NATURE|xEndangered Species.|2bisacsh
650 7 NATURE|xEnvironmental Conservation & Protection.|2bisacsh
650 7 Commerce.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00869279
650 7 Endangered ecosystems.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00909648
650 7 Endangered species.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00909658
650 7 Phocoena sinus.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01061199
650 7 Poaching.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01067580
650 7 Rare mammals.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01090173
650 7 Totoaba fisheries.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01153066
650 7 Wildlife conservation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01175253
651 0 California, Gulf of (Mexico)|xCommerce.
651 0 California, Gulf of (Mexico)|xEnvironmental conditions.
651 7 Pacific Ocean|zGulf of California.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01333849
655 7 Creative nonfiction.|2lcgft
700 1 Safina, Carl,|d1955-|ewriter of foreword.
994 92|bCKE
