A. Species
Scientific name: Phocoena sinus
Common name(s): Vaquita
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Mexico
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Mexico
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2022
End Year: 2022
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Monetary
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: A project is being put in place that aims to make the use sustainable, but as of the study it has yet to be implemented. Meanwhile, the illegal manner of poaching is still widespread and commonly used
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study Findings
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: While the record
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Enforcement deterrents Having the fishing community recognize and accept that it is financially viable and personally safer to transition to legal fishing
Record source
Information about the record source: formal_data_stats
Date of publication/issue/production: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Kristin Nowell, Valeria Towns and Enrique Sanjurjo, Edited by Dilys Roe
Date of record entry: 2024-07-18