a. Vaquita Marina
b. Totoaba Marina
c. Cordorba Marina
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Vaquita Marina
Explanation:
Environmentalists have warned that the world’s smallest porpoise vaquita marina, was close to extinction as the government reported only 60 found last year
Population has fallen despite a ban on fishing gill-nets causing the vaquitas death
The porpoise population has fallen to lower than 100 in 2014 from 200 in 2012, according to CIRVA or International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita
The fate of this porpoise has been linked to critically endangered sea creature, totoaba
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