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03382aam a2200433Ki 4500 001 39586462B0D511E8923D894D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180905010705 008 180801t20182018dcuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2018939123 020 $a 1610919319 020 $a 9781610919319 035 $a (OCoLC)1046982959 040 $a FM0 $b eng $e rda $c FM0 $d FM0 $d YDX $d DPL $d CZA $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-mx--- 050 4 $a QL84.28 B47x 2018 082 04 $a 333.95/22 $2 23 100 1 $a Bessesen, Brooke, $e author. 245 10 $a Vaquita : $b science, politics, and crime in the Sea of Cortez / $c Brooke Bessesen. 264 1 $a Washington : $b Island Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xvii, 293 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "Foreword by Carl Safina"--Dust jacket. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "In 2006, the last of China's Yangtze river dolphins--baiji--succumbed to extinction, and la vaquita marina, a diminutive porpoise endemic to the Upper Gulf of California, quietly and without fanfare inherited the title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Unlike many other critically endangered species, the vaquita is not hunted. Nor is its habitat disappearing or degraded. The species is even protected by law. Why then have its numbers plummeted to near extinction when few humans have seen it live in the wild? The answer lies in a shadowy mix of international cartels, fishermen entrapped by politics and culture, and an unlikely fish called the totoaba. In this haunting story, Brooke Bessesen sets out to Mexico's Upper Gulf region to untangle the intricacies of the biology, acoustical science, and international intrigues behind the vaquita's decline. She interviews townspeople, fishermen, politicians, scientists, and activists, teasing apart a complex story filled with villains and heroes, a story whose outcome is unclear. When diplomatic and political efforts to save the little porpoise fail, Bessesen follows a team of veterinary experts in a binational effort to capture the last remaining vaquitas and breed them in captivity--the best hope for their survival."--Dust jacket flap. 650 0 $a Phocoena sinus. 650 0 $a Rare mammals $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 650 0 $a Endangered species $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 650 0 $a Wildlife conservation $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 650 0 $a Endangered ecosystems $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 650 0 $a Poaching $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 650 0 $a Totoaba fisheries $z California, Gulf of. $z California, Gulf of. 651 0 $a California, Gulf of (Mexico) $x Commerce. 700 1 $a Safina, Carl, $d 1955- $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 2 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829014858.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905050551.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=39586462B0D511E8923D894D97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search