Whales and dolphins at risk as report reveals ecological decline in Gulf of California https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-report-reveals-ecological-decline-in-gulf-of-california/
#marinelife #whales #dolphins #California #GulfOfCalifornia #environment
Hey Mexico...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
#Humor #Funny #Meme #GulfOfAmerica #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfCalifornia
#SpermWhale departure linked to decline in jumbo #squid population in #GulfofCalifornia
Study offers insight into relationship between apex marine predators and their environment, highlighting sperm #whales as key indicators of oceanic health. Conducted over 9-years, utilized extensive survey data and photo-identification techniques to track sperm #whale populations. Finding striking correlation between decline of #jumbosquid and disappearance of sperm whales from region
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-sperm-whale-departure-linked-decline.html
#Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 #vaquita #porpoises, the most endangered #marinemammal
Last year, experts on a sighting expedition estimated they saw from 10 to 13 of the tiny, shy, elusive porpoises during nearly two weeks of sailing in the #GulfOfCalifornia, also known as the #SeaOfCortez. More troubling, no baby vaquitas were seen this year by the conservation group #SeaShepherd https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mexico-sights-vaquita-porpoises-endangered.html
SAVE JAGUAR CORRIDORS in the Mexican borderlands
The #MexicanGovernment is building a railway expansion project straight through a crucial #wildlife corridor for imperiled #jaguars, #ocelots and #BlackBears without doing any environmental impact studies.
Running from #Guaymas on the #GulfOfCalifornia to #Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border, the railway project will wreak havoc on #habitat essential for ocelots in their northern breeding grounds.
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#EarthquakeReport for #OTD in 2017 M5.7 #Sismo #Terremoto #Earthquake in the #GulfOfCalifornia #MarDeCortés offshore of #Mexico
right-lateral strike-slip (moving side-by-side) earthquake
overlapping fracture zones & spreading ridges
learn more about the https://earthjay.com/?p=5210
The First Extinction Alert Issued In 70 Years For Rarest Marine Mammal On Earth | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/the-first-extinction-alert-issued-in-70-years-for-rarest-marine-mammal-on-earth-72050
#Extinction
#Marine
#Mammal
#Vaquitas
#Cetacean
#GulfOfCalifornia
#Gillnets
#Fishing
#Totoaba
#BlackMarket
#ChineseMedicine
#LeonardoDiCapriosFoundation
#NavyTrainedDolphins
#Dolphins
#MexicanNavy
#ZeroToleranceArea
#ZTA
#ConcreteBlocks
P-wave from today’s (20:30:23 UTC 2023/06/18) M6.3 #GulfOfCalifornia Region #earthquake recorded on my #RaspberryShake seismometer in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Magnitude 6.3 #earthquake in the #GulfOfCalifornia #Mexico 40 minutes ago (2023-06-18Z20:30).
Incredible long-period signal on station MX.SRIG (Santa Rosalia, Mexico, courtesy of the Mexican National Seismic Network) - assuming this one was harmless (?)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000k9f0/executive
Things haven’t looked good for the #vaquita for decades, but the last few years have brought the species to the #BrinkOfExtinction . #Endemic & #exclusive to the upper #GulfOfCalifornia - the pint-size #porpoise has become an unfortunate bycatch of fishing operations in the area, primarily the illegal catching of #totoaba .
Listed as #Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature
#IUCN #RedList of #ThreatenedSpecies
https://www.courthousenews.com/corruption-impunity-in-mexico-wiping-out-worlds-smallest-porpoise
This is close-up of the skin of a Panamic Cushion Star. I found this one in the Gulf of California, which is the northern limit of their range. Sea Stars are always fun to watch, especially their tube feet as they move across the ocean floor.
Print: https://briangweber.com/featured/starfish-skin-brian-weber.html
#seastar #starfish #notafish #GulfOfCalifornia #SeaOfCortez #underwater #red #orange #yellow #tropical #scuba #diving #RocioDelMar #Mexico
This California sea lion came down to say hello on a dive in the Gulf of California. We saw many of these charismatic creatures, with the females and juveniles coming over to check us out and blow bubbles at us while the big males patrolled the area making sure we didn't try any funny business.
Print: https://briangweber.com/featured/california-sea-lion-brian-weber.html
#sealions #pinnipeds #gulfofcalifornia #seaofcortez #underwater #marinemammal #scuba #diving
Some of Mexico’s most notorious wildlife traffickers are now in jail. Members of the “Totoaba Cartel” targetted the swim bladders of totoaba which can sell for up to US $80,000/kg, earning them the nickname “the cocaine of the sea.”
#GulfOfCalifornia #Totoaba #Cartel #Illegal #WildlifeTrafficker #WildlifeWednesday #Mexico #Marine #Endangered #Conservation #Vaquita
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/taking-down-mexicos-totoaba-cartel-helps-with-vaquita-conservation/
Sunset in Mexico last week, looking out at the Sea of Cortez.
#mexico #sunsets #gulfofcalifornia
Empezamos :blobcatcool: :blobartist: #gulfofcalifornia #aridzones #manglares #carbonoazul #BlueCarbon #mangroves
" #Mexican #fisherman 'dies after attack on Sea Shepherd conservationists'
#SeaShepherd said the clash happened after #fishing boats attacked one of its vessels in the Gulf of California, where it is working to protect the endangered vaquita #porpoise.
...The man's family allege that his boat was intentionally rammed."
