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![Photo of vaquita at the water’s surface with its face plainly visible.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Vaquita6_Olson_NOAA.jpg.webp?itok=2UkV3rDQ)
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Vaquitas at the Water's Surface
Governments and environmental organizations continue to monitor the vaquita......![A map showing different refuge and conservation areas.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/VaquiteRange.jpg.webp?itok=egXKYRl9)
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Vaquita Refuge
Eliminating gillnets is key to protecting the vaquita from extinction. This map......![Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Man-Totoaba-Vaquita__Omar_Vidal.jpg.webp?itok=0dFXwZvQ)
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Vaquitas as Bycatch
Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s......![A graph showing the population decline of vaquitas from 1997 to 2019. In 1997, there were 567 vaquitas. In 2012, there were 200. By 2014 there were fewer than 100, and by 2019 there was an estimated 6 to 9 vaquitas left.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/SOH-4_Population_Graph.jpg.webp?itok=WDjEZV_4)
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A Population in Decline
At the current rate of population decline, the vaquita may be extinct in a few......![Map showing vaquita range in the Gulf of California with inset showing the Western Hemisphere and equator.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Vaquita_range_jpg.jpg.webp?itok=SHNDtNQh)
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A Small Range
Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ¼ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles.......![A vaquita pops its head out of the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Copia_de_Vaquita_swim_fast2_Jonas_Teilmann_%281%29_2.JPG.webp?itok=Rk1Qb9Ql)
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Vaquitas in Peril
The Vaquita is a small, elusive, and critically endangered marine mammal that...![A vaquita swims at the water's surface.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Vaquita4_Olson_NOAA_%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=F8yddEK-)
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Mysterious Vaquitas
Vaquitas were so rarely seen that some people thought they were a myth. Vaquitas......![A vaquita pops its head out of the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Copia_de_Vaquita_swim_fast2_Jonas_Teilmann_%281%29_2.JPG.webp?itok=Rk1Qb9Ql)
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Swimming Vaquita
Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach......![A crocodile sits in water at Sundarbans National Park in India. A crocodile sits in water at Sundarbans National Park in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Sundarbans.jpg.webp?itok=oMYb-vM7)
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Sundarbans National Park, India
The Sundarbans National Park site in India was inscribed on the World Heritage...![Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/HawaiianMonkSeal_JamesWatt_SeaPicsCropped_0_0.jpg.webp?itok=dRBnT0W2)
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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive
Progress for Eight Endangered Ocean Creatures From snails to whales,......
January 2017