Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has officially announced Operation Milagro II (Operation Miracle), the organization’s Fall 2015 campaign to defend the critically endangered vaquita marina porpoise.
The crew of Sea Shepherd’s research sailing vessel, the R/V Martin Sheen, will soon begin its patrols in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, the only waters on Earth called home by the world’s smallest and rarest cetacean – the vaquita. With a population that has dwindled to an estimated less than 97 individuals, only 25 of whom are believed to be reproductive females, Sea Shepherd’s Operation Milagro II addresses the urgent need to conserve this imperiled species.