Totoaba Conservation: Protecting An Endangered Species
The totoaba macdonaldi fish, a critically endangered species native to the Gulf of California, is a large, long-lived fish. Its scientific classification is Perciformes and Sciaenidae. Once valued by the Seri people for sustenance, totoaba’s swim bladders are illegally trafficked for their supposed medicinal properties in the Asian market. Overfishing, bycatch, and habitat destruction have…