The vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus) is the smallest of all the cetaceans and once lived in the thousands in the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) in Mexico. Today they are on the brink of extinction, with less than 10 known to live in the wild. They have been decimated by illegal totoaba fishing, which uses near-invisible gill nets to catch that lucrative fish. The vaquita marina drowns in these nets. Some fisherman who live along the north and western shores of the sea continue to poach the totoaba for their swim bladders, which fetches thousands of dollars on the Chinese illegal market. For more information, visit: https://iwc.int/resources/media-resources/news/first-ever-extinction-alert-from-the-iwc
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La vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus) es la mas pequeña de todos los cetáceos y su habitat se encuentro en el Golfo de California, México. Su población ha bajado de los miles, hasta menos que 10 hoy en día. Han sido diezmados por la pesca ilegal de totoaba, que utiliza redes de enmalle casi invisibles para capturar ese lucrativo pez. La vaquita marina se ahoga en estas redes. Los pescadores que viven a lo largo de las costas norte y oeste del mar continúan cazando furtivamente la totoaba para sus vejigas natatorias, que se vende por miles de dólares en el mercado ilegal chino. Por más información: https://www.wwf.org.mx/?384450/Posicionamiento-de-WWF-acerca-de-la-alerta-de-extincion-de-la-vaquita-emitida-por-la-Comision-Ballenera-Internacional
Choose from silver ink on white paper or silver ink on black paper.
A detail of the vaquita and coral, showing the sheen of the silver on the white background. The silver ink looks gray from some angles, and metallic from other angles.
A linocut print of a lone vaquita marina, which is a small porpoise, swimming above a detailed coral landscape. The color is silver ink on white paper, creating an ethereal, or ghostly effect.
A detail of the coral, showing the sheen of the silver on the black background.
A linocut print of a lone vaquita marina, which is a small porpoise, swimming above a detailed coral landscape. The second color option is silver ink on black paper, creating an ethereal, or ghostly effect.
