A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP
A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP
Mexico
World /  Americas

Mexican fisherman dies after explosive clash with porpoise conservationists

  • The conservationists were removing illegal fishing nets in the Gulf of California when they were attacked by fishermen armed with explosives
  • Conservationists have been attacked on a number of occasions while patrolling a refuge for the vaquita, the world’s smallest species of porpoise

Topic |   Mexico
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse in Tijuana, Mexico

Updated: 12:40pm, 5 Jan, 2021

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A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP
A crew member of Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat pilots a boat in the Gulf of California in this 2018 file photo. Photo: AFP
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