Whales are not a taxon (a taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species), but an informal grouping of the infraorder Cetacea. This informal group encompasses a diverse group of marine mammals among which some of the longest-lived animals currently in
Vaquita, are a soon to be extinct species of cetacean found in the northern part of the Gulf of California. The reason for them going extinct? Fishing. Vaquita are often caught in gillnets used by illegal fishing operations in the marine protected areas which are there to protect them
Here at Sea Watch we encourage everyone to get involved with out national cetacean monitoring programme, from you at home to seafarers and other environmental organisations too. We are thrilled that ORCA have chosen to support the National Whale & Dolphin Watch for the third year