I just released a new documentary film and social media project about the vaquita porpoise in Mexico.

Common dolphins were once abundant throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Today, they are declining rapidly, surviving only in portions of their former range.

In Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, there is a growing conflict between two native species, southern right whales and kelp gulls. Watch a short video update.

I spent a couple weeks on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands in Spain filming the work of good friends, Natacha Aguilar de Soto and Mark Johnson of the Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute.

While on location trying to film and photograph the vaquita porpoise, I spent a number of days on the NOAA RV David Starr Jordan.

Are there whales in the Mediterranean Sea? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’, including resident populations of deep-diving sperm whales and fin whales.

“Sperm Whales of Greece – Life in the Trenches” is an official selection at the 2008 EcoFilms environmental film festival in Rhodos, Greece.

“Fishy Business – The Illegal Driftnet Fishery” is an official selection of 2008 Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival in New Zealand.

Chris Johnson is named to the board of directors of Filmmakers for Conservation – a non-profit organization “using the power of film and media to conserve our natural world”.

Endless Enditing – Apart from the technical side of making a series of films like these, there is also the human side the requires time and a sensitive touch.