Check out this report of findings from the Vaquita Workshop at the Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Tampa, Florida held in November 2011.
http://www.slideshare.net/cbutner/saving-the-vaquita-are-we-doing-all-we-can
Category Archives: Updates
TravelSharkPix Winners
TravelSharkPix announced the winners of their charity hunt yesterday, but unfortunately Save the Whales didn’t win. On the bright side, one of the winners was Oceana, a non-profit organization devoted to protecting the oceans and their creatures, including the Vaquita. Hopefully Oceana gets many donations from this event, and the Vaquita gains some more popularity. You can donate by getting a TravelSharkPix account, then uploading your pictures. For the first 100 accepted photos, they will donate 10 cents to either Oceana, The Cheetah Conservation Fund, or People in Crisis United. From the 101st submitter and beyond, they will donate 25 cents! Click here to learn more about TravelSharkPix. You can check out the Oceana site here:
Don’t Be a Buckethead
Help protect marine life in the Arctic! Please sign this petition and encourage your family and friends to sign as well! The deadline is this Tuesday, February 28! Thank you for your help!
La Tienda
Check out the ¡Viva Vaquita! La Tienda at http://www.printfection.com/vivavaquita! This great store features a wide range of tops, mugs, mousepads, ornaments, hats, bags, and bottles with various ¡Viva Vaquita! logos and illustrations. Besides the wonderful quality of the products, all of the profits go to the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, a non-profit organization. This is the best way to donate, and the best way to buy Vaquita items. Happy shopping!
My petition
I have started the third Vaquita petition on Change.org. Please check it out and sign it so the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, can discover the Vaquita’s plight.
TravelSharkPix
Vote for Save The Whales in the TravelSharkPix Charity Hunt! Just click on the link below and choose Save the Whales as your favorite charity. The Charity Hunt is a three-week event allowing users to nominate and vote for their favorite charity to have a chance to receive donations from TravelSharkPix for an entire year! The deadline to vote is February 20 at 7 pm Eastern Time. This is monumental for the Vaquita! Thank you for your support!
Experimental trawl
INAPESCA promotes the use of the experimental trawl net (RSN-INP-MEX) as part of the efforts to protect the Vaquita. This net has been tested since 2008 in the Upper Gulf of California.
Orca Network’s Ways of Whales
Viva Vaquita will have a presence this Saturday at the Ways of Whales Workshop on Whidbey Island, Washington. The event is sponsored by Orca Network. If you’re in the area, be sure to stop by!
Whale watching
Join the American Cetacean Society Monterey Bay chapter for a Gray Whale watching adventure this Sunday, Jan. 22. This is an annual event with all proceeds generously donated by Monterey Whale Watching to ACS to help fulfill the mission of research, education and conservation of whales and dolphins for only $35. Reservation info here: http://starrsites.com/acsmb/tripwntr.htm.
How to help
According to Viva Vaquita, some ways YOU can help the Vaquita are:
Tell all your friends and family about the Vaquita.
Support conservation measures and vote for politicians with a good environmental record.
Support the Mexican economy by traveling to Mexico.
Do not buy shrimp or fish caught with gillnets.
Write your elected officials and tell them to help the Vaquita.
Write a letter to the President of Mexico and tell him to save the Vaquita. Felipe.Calderon@presidencia.gob.mx
Send Vaquita drawings to the United Nations, asking them to support Vaquita conservation efforts by Mexico.
ExecutiveOffice@unep.org
Send a message to the Mexican government to show your support for the Vaquita! Below are the most relevant agencies and links to their online suggestion boxes:
SEMARNAT (Ministry of Natural Resources)
http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/Pages/buzonciudadano.aspx
CONANP (Commission of Natural Protected Areas)
http://www.conanp.gob.mx/buzon.php
Donate to the Vaquita Recovery Fund!
http://www.vivavaquita.org/donations.htm
