He donated a life-sized image of a humpback whale, which is featured prominently at NOAA's Inouye Regional Center on the island of Oahu. In addition to his photography, Jason is a trained and authorized responder under the sanctuary’s large whale entanglement response program, and over the years has directly helped free several humpback whales from life-threatening entanglements. He also serves as a research assistant and crew member aboard the sanctuary research vessel, Koholā.