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IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group

By Barbara Taylor, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho and Kristin Nowell

On 27 March 2023 the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) notified signatory countries to stop all commercial trade in CITES-listed (in Appendix I or II) species from Mexico.  This decision stems from the inadequacy of actions taken by Mexico to prevent totoaba from being poached and vaquitas from being ‘collateral damage’ in the illegal gillnet fishery.  The sanctions will remain in place until Mexico submits an adequate compliance action plan.  Once approv

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