Mexican fishermen attack Sea Shepherd vessel protecting vaquita porpoise

Two dozen boats douse conversation vessel with gasoline
As few as 15 vaquita may remain in Gulf of California

Staff and agencies in Mexico City
Thu 10 Jan 2019 16.15 EST


The Sea Shepherd environmental group has published video showing an attack by about two dozen small fishing boats on the group’s vessel Farley Mowat in Mexico’s Gulf of California.

The fishermen in the Gulf, also known as the Sea of Cortez, oppose environmentalists trying to protect the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise.

Sea Shepherd says fishermen threw lead weights, dead fish and even Tabasco sauce at the Farley Mowat and tried to douse the vessel and waters around it with gasoline in the attack on Wednesday.

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Some fishermen threw a net in front of the Farley Mowat to foul the propellers of the Sea Shepherd vessel; others boarded the ship and apparently carried off some items.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/10/mexican-fishermen-attack-sea-shepherd-vaquita-porpoise

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Watch: Sea Shepherd films attack on ship by fishermen caught using banned nets

Source: Associated Press

19 MIN AGO
ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Sea Shepherd environmental group has published a video of an attack by about two dozen small fishing boats on the vessel Farley Mowat in Mexico's Gulf of California.

Fishermen in the Gulf, also known as the Sea of Cortez, have long complained about environmentalists trying to protect the vaquita marina, the world's smallest and most endangered porpoise.

Sea Shepherd said today that fishermen threw lead weights and tried to douse the Farley Mowat and waters around it with gasoline yesterday.

The video shows some of the fishing boats carried gill nets, though they are banned within the reserve designed to protect the vaquita.

Read more: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/watch-sea-shepherd-films-attack-ship-fishermen-caught-using-banned-nets?variant=tb_v_1

LBN:
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