Vaquita : science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez /

Vaquita : science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bessesen, Brooke (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Safina, Carl, 1955- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Phocoena sinus.
Rare mammals > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Endangered species > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Wildlife conservation > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Endangered ecosystems > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Poaching > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
Totoaba fisheries > Mexico > California, Gulf of.
California, Gulf of (Mexico) > Commerce.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The dead girl
  • Resource extraction
  • Chasing a myth
  • Tangled agendas
  • Death, drugs, and accountability
  • Pirates on patrol
  • Searching for Vaquita
  • Hearing is believing
  • Science in the sea
  • Witnessing extinction
  • Saving Bigfoot
  • Sending out an SOS
  • Meet the totoaba
  • Last-ditch effort
  • Hope is a life raft (with a persistent leak)
  • Epilogue.