Totoaba fish (IMAGE)

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Totoaba fish

Caption

The totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) is a large, schooling marine fish whose habitat partially overlaps with the vaquita. According to the submission to the CEC, Mexico is not effectively enforcing the General Wildlife Law (Ley General de Vida Silvestre) and federal regulations issued between 1975 and 2020 banning totoaba fishing and protecting the vaquita.

Credit

NOAA

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License

Public Domain

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