Growing up in South Dakota, Actress January Jones was “fascinated by the ocean and everything in it.” Her pet fascination was Sharks. “I had shark books and every documentary I could get my hands on. I think they’re incredibly beautiful and prehistoric,” she says. But it wasn’t till she was 15 that Jones finally saw the ocean in real life which only served to deepen her interest.
“When I heard that shark populations were being depleted by staggering numbers, I realized (Oceana) would be a perfect play to put my time in to save our environment. Because without sharks, there is no ocean life”, the 31 year old actress said. Recently Jones signed on with Oceana to be a celebrity spokesperson for Shark populations which currently stand decimated. Dedicated to “the protection and restoration of the World’s Oceans”, Oceana is a group which is campaign driven and is aimed at protecting endangered species, stopping global contamination and protecting collapsing fish populations.
After shooting Public Service Announcements in the Bahamas for Nurse and Baby Lemon sharks recently, Jones announced that she plans to dive with Whale Sharks in April with Oceana. This month however, she heads to Washington, D. C., where she expects to fight against the controversial practice of Finning. Finning is the process where the fin of the Shark is removed for food and the fish is set free. This results in a slow death for the Shark. January Jones is well known for her movies “We Are Marshall”, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”, “Anger Management”, “Love, Actually” and the Emmy winning AMC TV series “Mad Men”.