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Vaquita porpoise, with population of 10, could avoid extinction: Study
short by Aishwarya Awasthi / on Friday 6 May, 2022
The world's smallest marine mammal, vaquita porpoise, has a chance of survival, despite numbering only about 10 in the wild. Genetic analysis by a team of UCLA biologists and colleagues has found that the species remains relatively healthy and can potentially survive if illegal "gillnet" fishing ceases promptly. "Vaquita is not doomed to extinction by genetics," UCLA's Christopher Kyriazis said.
read more at Reuters