Yes Miramar....
We see three sometimes four or five Vaquitas every time we make that beach run. Have been seeing them there for many years now. The one that I mentioned we found fresh dead on a receding tide about three miles south from the fish camp at the tip of the point. It had been killed by a boat prop. It was a juvenile about three and a half feet long. I took it into the dunes, buried it and marked the spot with some ancient Indian fire pit rocks and conch shells, a photo and the GPS on my phone. I check up on it every time we venture out there. It's been there for three years now. The Coyotes dig around it but have not pulled it away from my marker. It is fairly stripped of all meat now by the Dermestid Beetles. I plan on bringing it home next year to display in my backyard skull and bones carnal pit.
I mentioned it to one of the so called "scientists" at CEDO this past spring. He said they have several reports of Vaquitas in that area but have not had time to verify it themselves. They have a nice one there all bleached out and articulated but not for public display for some reason. He wasn't particularly interested in my story though????
I think the population that lives there in the shallows between Isla San Jorge and Salinas Point have probably always been there with no connection at least in modern times with the San Felipe population and have never been part of the bycatch related to the netting of the Giant White Sea Bass.
Later,
JJ
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