BlueVoice.org
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BlueVoice.org is an ocean conservation organization founded in 2000 by Hardy Jones
and Ted Danson
. Its mission is to protect dolphins, whales and other marine mammals and to raise popular awareness about the plight of the oceans.
BlueVoice has fought to end the slaughter of dolphins in Japan
and to expose the harmful levels of toxins in the marine environment. Through production of films such as "When Dolphins Cry" and "The Dolphin Defender," BlueVoice has reached millions of people worldwide with its message.
BlueVoice executive director Hardy Jones began working more than thirty years ago to stop the slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
BlueVoice has published a White Paper entitled “A Shared Fate” – a fifty-page compendium of toxins in the oceans, marine mammals and human beings correlated with associated diseases.
In 2001 a BlueVoice live webcast of the slaughter of 40 pilot whales achieved 300,000 Internet page views and generated a massive international protest.
The transformation of a dolphin hunter to dolphin watch tour leader in the village of Futo is documented in the film "When Dolphins Cry", aired on National Geographic Channels.
The NATURE/PBS film, “The Dolphin Defender” was seen by 4-million people during its first PBS broadcast in May 2005. The program has been rebroadcast repeatedly and is now in international distribution.
Hardy Jones
Hardy Jones is a wildlife and conservation filmmaker. He began his career in radio at WNOE in New Orleans and has worked for United Press International, The Peruvian Times, and CBS News. He has been a television documentary producer since 1978 and has produced over 75 films for PBS, Discovery, TBS,...
and Ted Danson
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III is an American actor best known for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm and starred alongside Glenn Close...
. Its mission is to protect dolphins, whales and other marine mammals and to raise popular awareness about the plight of the oceans.
BlueVoice has fought to end the slaughter of dolphins in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and to expose the harmful levels of toxins in the marine environment. Through production of films such as "When Dolphins Cry" and "The Dolphin Defender," BlueVoice has reached millions of people worldwide with its message.
BlueVoice Work
BlueVoice combines field research with dolphins, scientific and medical information with television and Internet productions, DVD and networking components to energize the public and governments to effect needed change. Latest efforts include the study of pollution levels and emerging diseases in marine mammals and humans. Correlations have been found between high toxic levels and incidence of cancer, Parkinson's Disease, Obesity, Diabetes and other diseases in humans who consume marine mammals.BlueVoice executive director Hardy Jones began working more than thirty years ago to stop the slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
BlueVoice has published a White Paper entitled “A Shared Fate” – a fifty-page compendium of toxins in the oceans, marine mammals and human beings correlated with associated diseases.
In 2001 a BlueVoice live webcast of the slaughter of 40 pilot whales achieved 300,000 Internet page views and generated a massive international protest.
The transformation of a dolphin hunter to dolphin watch tour leader in the village of Futo is documented in the film "When Dolphins Cry", aired on National Geographic Channels.
The NATURE/PBS film, “The Dolphin Defender” was seen by 4-million people during its first PBS broadcast in May 2005. The program has been rebroadcast repeatedly and is now in international distribution.
Current Projects
- Working through films and other forms of multimedia to end the slaughter of dolphins in Japan: BlueVoice has exposed the brutality of the slaughter and the high concentrations of mercury and other heavy metals and organic pollutants in dolphin meat. BlueVoice is expanding its research to include epidemiological information about the town, especially those who eat dolphin meat.
- Publication of version II of A Shared Fate, a compendium of information on chemical contaminants in the marine food chain, in marine mammals and in human beings. The report documents locations where high levels of pollutants have been found in dolphins and other marine mammals and correlates this to incidence of illness in humans.
- In Greenland BlueVoice has documented the sale of whale meat in commercial channels. A permit has been given by the International Whaling CommissionInternational Whaling CommissionThe International Whaling Commission is an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling , which was signed in Washington, D.C...
to Greenlandic aboriginals to hunt and consume whales but whale meat is sold in supermarkets and high and low end restaurants. BlueVoice.org is producing a film and multimedia report on the unpermitted commercialization of whale meat in Greenland for presentation at the July 2011 meeting of the IWC.
Recent Recognitions
During 2007 - 2008 Hardy Jones/BlueVoice received the following recognitions:- Wildscreen Film Festival: Conservation Filmmaker of the Year
- Humane Society Genesis Award
- Explorers Club: Special Jury Award
- International Wildlife Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award