Mexican authorities physically removed gillnets used in the illegal fishery for critically endangered totoaba. These nets are also responsible for causing the bycatch of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, of which only an estimated 10 individuals remain.
See https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/mexico-la…
Featured Bycatch Species
Non-target benthic invertebrates are caught as bycatch in huge volumes, but precise numbers are not available.