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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.
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The population began to steadily decrease and officially declared endangered.
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The population had fallen to around 600 left.
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The Vaquita Refuge Area was created in an attempted to save the species.
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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.
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In 2012 the species officially hit 200 left.
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In this year the vaquita were no more than 60 left and the ban on gillnet was made official and is still inplace today.
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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.