Mexico approves measure to save vaquita

It is estimated that less than 200 vaquitas currently survive. © National Geographic Stock/Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures / WWF

The Mexican government has approved a new regulation to save a threatened porpoise, the vaquita, and to promote sustainable fishing in the upper Gulf of California.

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