DolphinPeople was funded in part by a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship awarded to Giovanni Bearzi.

OceanCare sponsored the filming equipment.

Tethys Research Institute and WDCS - the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society offered additonal support.

Software for video editing (Final Cut Pro) sponsored by Apple.

Special thanks to Stefano Agazzi and Joan Gonzalvo for their patience and unconditional availability during the filming sessions.

Thanks to Mauro Bastianini, Chris and Genevieve Johnson of earthOCEAN, Cristiana Miglio, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Elena Politi, Anke Rau and Charles Saylan for their various contributions to this project.

Work by Tethys in the eastern Ionian Sea has been supported inter alia by Tethys' volunteer programme, the Earthwatch Institute, OceanCare, WDCS - the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UNEP's Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC-SPA) and UNEP's Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (ACCOBAMS).