Tag: vaquita conservation
Final Days with the Vaquita
We had two days left to spot a vaquita and capture some footage of this elusive marine mammal. Luckily for us, the weather conditions were cooperating. As explained in the previous post from volunteer Joe Shull, the water surface needs ...
The Search for Vaquita Continues on Board the Maria Cleofas
****The following is another blog post from volunteer Joe Shull, from Aquarium of Boise and Boise State University, who is assisting in the production of our film project Souls of the Vermilion Sea. Read Joe's previous posts to learn more ...
On Board the Maria Cleofas
We met up with Greg Alker, director of the non-profit Grupo Cleofas, early on the morning of Monday, Oct. 5th at the San Felipe Marina. Greg had arrived in town the previous day, along with the Maria Cleofas – the ...
A Unique Approach for Capturing Vaquita Footage
****The following is another post from volunteer Joe Shull, who has been playing a crucial role on our production team for Souls of the Vermilion Sea for the past week and a half in San Felipe, Mexico. Go here to ...
Mexican Government Officials are Treated to ANOTHER Vaquita Sighting!
Yesterday was a big day for Vaquita conservation efforts. As Joe and I left the vaquita survey vessel “Ocean Star”, a group of Mexican dignitaries were heading out to board the ship. They were only scheduled to spend two hours ...
A Vaquita Sighting!
I was on the top deck of the Ocean Star – the vaquita survey vessel that is slowly cutting transects throughout the entire range of this most elusive of porpoises. We were heading North along the westernmost transect line – ...
Searching for the Vaquita
****The following is another guest post from volunteer Joe Shull who has been assisting on all levels of production with our current shoot for Souls of the Vermilion Sea in San Felipe, Mexico.**** Having spent most of our time in Mexico ...
First Impressions of the Vermilion Sea from Joe Shull
****The following is a guest post from Joe Shull, volunteer coordinator at the Aquarium of Boise and biology student at Boise State University. Joe has joined our team in San Felipe, Mexico as a volunteer production assistant/videographer/sound recordist and will be ...
Greetings from San Felipe, Mexico!
I’ve been in Mexico for four days now along with our volunteer Joe Shull (Biology student at BSU and volunteer coordinator at the Aquarium of Boise) and we are just now resurfacing from a flurry of both excitement and frustrating obstacles ...
