Cases / Fishing ban · Mexico · 2018
Mexico reported 7.2 million pesos for vaquita protection diverted
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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Excélsior reported in 2018 that 7.2 million pesos meant for vaquita protection had been diverted. What is at stake is the survival of the vaquita, of which a summary says 7 to 10 animals remain.
What?
Funds for vaquita protection in Mexico were reported diverted in 2018, 7.2 million pesos according to Excélsior. Excélsior
Where?
Mexico Excélsior
When?
2018 report by Excélsior Excélsior
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Vaquita porpoise — Reported to have 7 to 10 animals remaining after a decade of protection spending
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Reported diversion of protection funds. An audit body's findings of irregularities are reported but not verified.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Excélsior reported in 2018 that 7.2 million pesos intended for vaquita protection had been diverted.
A summary in the sources reviewed says more than 1.2 billion pesos was spent on vaquita protection over a decade, and that 7 to 10 animals remain.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: an audit body's findings of irregularities in the vaquita programme.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the totoaba was banned in 1975 and its international trade in 1976.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: swim bladders fetch 8,500 dollars per kilogram for fishers and more than 20,000 dollars per kilogram in China.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: vaquita caught in totoaba nets fell below 59 in 2016 and to about 10 in later estimates.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Mexico set up a sanctuary in 2005 and a two-year gillnet ban in 2015.
- None on record Who gained from the diverted funds is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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