LEADER 04582nam 2200781 450 001 9910824449303321 005 20230126220002.0 010 $a1-61091-932-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000004836455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5435076 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5436544 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5527591 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004836455 100 $a20190228d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aVaquita $escience, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez /$fBrooke Bessesen 210 1$aWashington District of Columbia ;$aCovelo ;$aLondon :$cIsland Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (317 pages) 300 $a"Foreword by Carl Safina"--Dust jacket. 311 $a1-61091-931-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. 327 $aForeword -- "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. 330 $a"In 2006, the last of China's Yangtze river dolphins--baiji--succumbed to extinction, and la vaquita marina, a diminutive porpoise endemic to the Upper Gulf of California, quietly and without fanfare inherited the title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Unlike many other critically endangered species, the vaquita is not hunted. Nor is its habitat disappearing or degraded. The species is even protected by law. Why then have its numbers plummeted to near extinction when few humans have seen it live in the wild? The answer lies in a shadowy mix of international cartels, fishermen entrapped by politics and culture, and an unlikely fish called the totoaba. In this haunting story, Brooke Bessesen sets out to Mexico's Upper Gulf region to untangle the intricacies of the biology, acoustical science, and international intrigues behind the vaquita's decline. She interviews townspeople, fishermen, politicians, scientists, and activists, teasing apart a complex story filled with villains and heroes, a story whose outcome is unclear. When diplomatic and political efforts to save the little porpoise fail, Bessesen follows a team of veterinary experts in a binational effort to capture the last remaining vaquitas and breed them in captivity--the best hope for their survival"--$cDust jacket flap. 606 $aWildlife conservation$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aWildlife conservation$xEconomic aspects$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aWildlife conservation$xSocial aspects$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aNATURE / Animals / Marine Life$2bisacsh 606 $aNATURE / Endangered Species$2bisacsh 606 $aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection$2bisacsh 606 $aTotoaba fisheries$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aRare mammals$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aPoaching$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aPhocoena sinus$xConservation$xSocial aspects 606 $aPhocoena sinus$xConservation$xEconomic aspects 606 $aEndangered species$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aEndangered ecosystems$zMexico$zCalifornia, Gulf of 606 $aPhocoena sinus 607 $aCalifornia, Gulf of (Mexico)$xCommerce 607 $aCalifornia, Gulf of (Mexico)$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aWildlife conservation 615 0$aWildlife conservation$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aWildlife conservation$xSocial aspects 615 7$aNATURE / Animals / Marine Life. 615 7$aNATURE / Endangered Species. 615 7$aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. 615 0$aTotoaba fisheries 615 0$aRare mammals 615 0$aPoaching 615 0$aPhocoena sinus$xConservation$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aPhocoena sinus$xConservation$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aEndangered species 615 0$aEndangered ecosystems 615 0$aPhocoena sinus. 676 $a333.9522 700 $aBessesen$b Brooke$01674836 702 $aSafina$b Carl$f1955- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824449303321 996 $aVaquita$94039868 997 $aUNINA