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‘Manta grid’ provides a ray of hope against industrial bycatch threat

Banned but abundant, gillnets pose main threat to Bangladesh’s river dolphins

In the fight to save the vaquita, conservationists take on cartels

Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing

Belize takes ocean action with expanded marine reserve and ban on gill nets

Nearly extinct vaquita mothers with calves spotted in recent expeditions

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

‘The posterchild for entangled marine mammals around the globe:’ Q&A with author of ‘Vaquita’

Investigation reveals illegal trade cartels decimating vaquita porpoises

‘Ropeless’ consortium aims to end entanglements of declining North Atlantic right whales

Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports

Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat

VaquitaCPR ends capture program in Gulf of California after vaquita dies in captivity

Breeding-age female vaquita dies after being taken into captivity

Recent report: Totoaba trafficking a conservation and security problem

Mexico takes ‘unprecedented’ action to save vaquita

Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Is there hope for the vaquita? IUCN calls for action to save world’s smallest, rarest porpoise

Nearly half a million seabirds die in gillnets every year, but solutions exist

Maui’s dolphins still in danger of extinction despite New Zealand’s protective measures

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