U.S. retailer Trader Joe’s is opting not to purchase shrimp from Mexico, following a campaign by conservation groups to raise awareness of the plight of the vaquita.
The Boycott Mexican Shrimp campaign, made up of a coalition of environmental groups including the Animal Welfare Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity, was launched earlier this yearto save the vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, from decades of decline due to entanglement in shrimp fishing gear, according to a statement from the group. The campaign, made up of 45 organizations, aims to convince Mexican officials to permanently ban all gillnet fishing, remove illegal nets from the water, and significantly increase enforcement efforts to save the species…