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Fisheries management study focuses on small-scale fishing cooperatives in the Gulf of California

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a major grant to researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and other institutions to study fisheries in the northern Gulf of ...
KJZZ

Sheinbaum floats possible environmental concerns with Arizona’s Mexico desalination plant proposal

Arizona is considering pumping water from a desalination plant on the Gulf of California to boost its water supply, but would ...
Mongabay

Up close with Mexico’s fish-eating bats: Interview with researcher José Juan Flores Martínez

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The fish-eating bat (Myotis vivesi) catches fish and crustaceans thanks to its long legs, hook-shaped claws and waterproof fur. The species is ...
UNESCO

The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, has decided to inscribe the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to ...
Science Daily

Killer whales perfect a ruthless trick to hunt great white sharks

In the Gulf of California, a pod of orcas known as Moctezuma’s pod has developed a chillingly precise technique for hunting young great white sharks — flipping them upside down to paralyze and extract ...
UNESCO

Concerns over the Vaquita in the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico)

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is receiving a high number of e-mails expressing great concern for the possible extinction, in the near future, of the vaquita, a critically endangered porpoise ...