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So the finless porpoise doesn't end up like this, Professor Wang and other scientists are hoping that the current complete fishing ban will continue after the initial 10 years is up.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The government says excessive fishing has brought stocks down to perilously low levels and put endangered species under threat, including China’s last surviving river mammal, the Yangtze finless porpoise.

From Reuters • Dec. 19, 2019

His passion is for outrageous surfing on small, finless boards that allow for balletic moves if you don't kill yourself first.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2016

“But for him to do that on a 16-foot, finless board was incredible,” he said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2015

But because the profile of that hump and the knuckles which follow it are often not very prominent in this species, it has been classified with the finless big whales.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David