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Expedition Vaquita

Expedition Vaquita

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 GALLERY – Click on images to enlarge. Watch the documentary Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise – now online! The Vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise. They live only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Scientists estimate that 250 animals remain. This shy, [...]

June 9th, 2010 by Chris Johnson | 7 Comments


Voices of the Future

Voices of the Future

While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier. Unbelievably, it was the first time anyone had visited them and their school to talk about the vaquita.

December 9th, 2008 by Chris Johnson | 1 Comment


Behind the Buyout

Behind the Buyout

Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.

November 21st, 2008 by Chris Johnson | 2 Comments


A Voice for Vaquita

A Voice for Vaquita

Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the ‘voice for vaquita’ for many years. He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals.

November 2nd, 2008 by Chris Johnson | 2 Comments


Chile Creates Whale Sanctuary

Chile Creates Whale Sanctuary

Good news about the marine environment seems to be an increasingly rare occurrence these days. However, there was only celebration in Chile yesterday after a Government announcement declaring Chilean waters a Whale Sanctuary.

September 11th, 2008 by Genevieve.Johnson | 1 Comment


Whales of the Mediterranean Sea

Whales of the Mediterranean Sea

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 7 GALLERY Whales of the Mediterranean Sea is a five-part documentary series about the scientists exploring the Mediterranean, and the cetaceans that inhabit this ancient sea. Whales of the Mediterranean Sea ventures into deep seas and coastal waters with a range of international scientists. It examines [...]

September 10th, 2008 by Chris Johnson | 1 Comment


Southern Right Whales of Argentina

Southern Right Whales of Argentina

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 gallery 9 gallery 10 gallery 11 gallery 12 gallery 13 gallery 14 gallery 15 gallery 16 gallery 17 GALLERY Synopsis: “Southern Right Whales of Argentina” is an educational documentary film by Chris and Genevieve Johnson. It explores the natural history and [...]

July 21st, 2008 by Chris Johnson | 2 Comments


Fishy Business – The Illegal Driftnet Fishery

Fishy Business – The Illegal Driftnet Fishery

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 gallery 10 GALLERY Despite a world-wide ban by the United Nations in 1992 and by the European Union in 2002, the driftnet fishery continues illegally throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Driftnets are banned because they take large quantities of unwanted catch, called [...]

December 20th, 2007 by Chris Johnson | 4 Comments


Sperm Whales of Greece – Life in the Trenches

Sperm Whales of Greece – Life in the Trenches

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 GALLERY “The Sperm Whales of Greece – Life in the Trenches” documents a scientific expedition through Greece in search of the elusive and endangered Mediterranean Sperm Whale. We join Dr. Alexandros Frantzis of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, onboard the R/V [...]

November 25th, 2007 by Chris Johnson | 10 Comments


Disappearing Dolphins

Disappearing Dolphins

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 5 GALLERY Common dolphins were once abundant throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Today they are declining rapidly, surviving only in portions of their former range. In western Greece, the sea around the island of Kalamos is their last stronghold, or at least it used to be. So why are the dolphins [...]

January 15th, 2007 by Chris Johnson | 3 Comments