Expedition Vaquita
Online Multiplatform Documentary and Film Project. Mexico (2008/2009).
From October – November 2008, Chris Johnson of earthOCEAN media spent 7 weeks filming in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico gaining unprecedented access to document the joint scientific expedition in search of the critically endangered Vaquita porpoise led by Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) in Ensenada, Mexico and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. Scientists estimate that 150 animals remain. This shy, elusive porpoise is disappearing due to accidental entanglement in fishing nets set for shrimp.
Chris was invited as a “visiting scientist” to document work on NOAA and INE’s research during this critical expedition. Field video reports were published “live” to raise awareness about an animal on the edge of extinction. The project saw the first photos and video captured of Vaquita in years.
In 2009, earthOCEAN are producing a 50-minute documentary film about the science and conservation efforts of the Vaquita porpoise to distribute to television and freely on DVD to local communities in the Upper Gulf of California.
Website: http://www.whaletrackers.com/vaquita/
Expedition Vaquita Blog: http://www.whaletrackers.com/category/blogs/expedition-vaquita/
Trailer for the Documentary:
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We must do anything and everything in our power to help save the Vaquita Porpoises before it’s too late. It’d be soo heartbreaking if the Vaquita Porpoises go extinct.
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