Dear Marmamers,

Last week the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Animal Welfare Institute filed a petition with the U.S. federal government seeking the immediate implementation of the MMPA prohibition on imports of fish and fish products from Mexico, the catch of which is contributing to the killing and serious injury of vaquita (the world’s most endangered marine mammal with fewer than 30 left and an annual decline rate of 50 percent per year) in excess of U.S. standards for marine mammal protection.

You can find a copy of the petition here: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/petition-to-ban-vaquita-harmful-fish-and-fish-products-from-mexico.pdf.

If you have any questions about the petition, please contact me.

Best,

Zak

Zak Smith

Senior Attorney

Director, Wildlife Trade Initiative

Natural Resources

Defense Council

1314 Second Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

T 310.434.2334
zsmith@nrdc.org
@smithzak
NRDC.ORG

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