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Discovery
There was a stable population as the Vaquita was discovered. As well fishing with gillnets to catch the Totoaba fis began in the same area that the Vaquita lived. -
Endangered
The population began to steadily decrease and officially declared endangered. -
600
The population had fallen to around 600 left. -
Rescue
The Vaquita Refuge Area was created in an attempted to save the species. -
2 Year Ban
The Mexican government placed a 2 year ban on using gillnets in the are where vaquitas are present because fishing with gillnets were one of the main reasons he vaquita are going extinct. -
200
In 2012 the species officially hit 200 left. -
Official Ban
In this year the vaquita were no more than 60 left and the ban on gillnet was made official and is still inplace today. -
Captive Breeding
Several years ago the captive breeding process was attempted however it was not sucessful and the population is expected to be extinct within the next two to three years unfortunately.