Whale migration and breeding routes pass directly through the Gulf of California. Proposed LNG projects would expand industrial traffic throughout this region.
Gray whale numbers have dropped by over 40%, with around 13,000 remaining, as increasing ship traffic disrupts whales’ feeding, communication and migration cycles.
The Gulf of California supports one of the highest concentrations of marine life on Earth, making any increase in industrial activity particularly damaging.
Twenty-five years ago, a local campaign in Laguna San Ignacio grew into a global movement that stopped a Mitsubishi-backed industrial salt project in a key gray whale breeding lagoon.
Discover how frontline coastal communities, scientists, activists and organisations came together to stop an extractive industry, and join us in protecting the way of the whale.
