--- Save the Vaquitas --- Click the green flag. Press space for the next slide. Please do read through the whole thing! Below is more facts and answered questions. - the vaquita is Spanish for little cow. - What is bycatch? - Bycatch is the accidental capture of other marine animals that are not the targeted species, usually thrown back overboard, dead or dying and very closely tied to overfishing. Marine animals that are usually not associated with the seafood industry, such as turtles and dolphins, are frequently accidentally caught and dead as bycatch. - China has high demand for totoaba bladder, which causes illegal fishing in the Gulf of California, causing the vaquitas to die as bycatch. - the WWF is working closely with the U.S., Mexico and China to save the vaquitas.
