vaquita porpoises

Chinese Demand For Totoaba Fish Swim Bladder Could Drive Vaquita Porpoises Into Extinction

Medicine & Technology May 16, 2017

The demand for the totoaba fish swim bladder causes the large decline in the vaquita porpoises population, leaving only 30 alive based on the campaigners' statistics. The totoaba fish itself is already an endangered species but illegal fishing persists just to acquire the totoaba fish swim bladder that costs a fortune.

vaquita porpoises

Chinese Demand For Totoaba Fish Swim Bladder Could Drive Vaquita Porpoises Into Extinction

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