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LinksCrossing Continents: Saving the VaquitaSeries 1, episode 7The vaquita is a small porpoise facing total extinction, whose numbers have dwindled to less than a dozen. In particular, the vaquita get caught in the nets used to catch totoaba. Casting nets for this large marine fish is illegal, but the totoaba's swim bladder is believed to have potent medicinal properties in China, and sells for thousands of dollars in a trade controlled by Mexican organised crime. Linda Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a clash of interests in the efforts to save the species Click to see when Crossing Continents, Saving the Vaquita is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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