Fishing endangers Mexican porpoise

By Emma Farge
Updated November 20 2019 - 11:08am, first published 11:06am
Fishermen in small boats chase a Sea Shepherd vessel as it tries to protect vaquita porpoises.
Fishermen in small boats chase a Sea Shepherd vessel as it tries to protect vaquita porpoises.

A rare species of porpoise is facing imminent extinction as fishing vessels appear to be flouting an international ban on them entering its last sanctuary, off the coast of Mexico, the head of a UN treaty says.

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