Joining the vaquita expedition!

This Saturday I am setting off to San Felipe, Mexico to join a team of scientist on board the research vessel Ocean Starr for the second leg of the vaquita expedition 2015.

Vaquitas are a critically endangered porpoise only found in the very northern part of the Gulf of California. We will be conducting visual line transect surveys for obtaining an estimate of their abundance. I will be one of the observers scanning the ocean using 25-powered mounted binoculars ('bigeyes') in search for vaquitas. More information can be found at the following links: NOAA/SWFSC - Vaquita or Sermanat (including weekly cruise reports),