Episodes
Dec. 28, 2018
SUFB 664: Honduras Lobster Divers Experiencing The Bends
Honduras that are now found in deeper waters due to overfishing. Over 47% of fishers have been affected from the bends as ignore the rules of scuba diving to provide for their families. The fishers dive more than twice a d…
Dec. 27, 2018
SUFB 663: Japan Announce Exit From The IWC To Commence Commercial Whaling
Japan has a long history of commercial whaling that dates back before the World Wars, so it is not surprising that the country wants to continue to whale. The government have gone to great lakes to overturn the International…
Dec. 22, 2018
SUFB 662: Baby Sharks Jump Uteri To Eat Their Siblings
Sharks are terrific predators, so much so, they have been found to eat their siblings while still in the womb. Researchers at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, Japan, used an underwater ultrasound to see nurse shark p…
Dec. 21, 2018
SUFB 661: 8 Ocean Good News Stories of 2018 According To Oceana Canada
As we wind down 2018 and gear up for 2019, we look back at the Ocean stories that dominated headlines. Some of those stories were "doom and gloom" stories, while others were good news stories. In today's episode, I highligh…
Dec. 20, 2018
SUFB 660: NOAA Releases Whale Entanglement Report For 2016-2017
NOAA released a new report that stated the number of incidences of whale entanglement in US waters for 2016 and 2017. The results of the report show there was not an overall change in reported whale entanglements between the…
Dec. 19, 2018
SUFB 659: Conservation Marketing To Better Protect Nature
joins me on the podcast today for another edition of "What's Happening in Conservation Marketing This Week?" This time, Brooke describes her new online workshop that she created to help make conservation movements more effec…
Dec. 18, 2018
SUFB 658: An Update On The Ocean Clean Up Project
The Ocean Clean Up Project was deployed in September with much anticipation of the world. The goal: Clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch. A lofty goal surrounded with a lot of controversy from the science and conservation fiel…
Dec. 17, 2018
SUFB 657: Grove Announcement, Zinke Out and Orcas Swim With Woman
There are a few things I wanted to discuss today: Grove Announcement Last week I got an email from a listener, who loved the products she got from the Grove after hearing the link on my show; however, she was not happy about…
Dec. 16, 2018
SUFB 656: Rejigging My Patreon And I Need Your Help
I've had my Patreon campaign active for a few years now to help support the show. So far, I've been able to raise enough money to help support the show through upgrading my podcast equipment (microphones, receivers, recorder…
Dec. 15, 2018
SUFB 655: Avoiding Plastic Use Throughout The Holiday Season with John Davis
It's the holiday season and you are likely in the thick of things with everything that has to do with the holidays. There are celebrations, food, gifts and for some of you, Christmas Trees. It's a great time of year to spend…
Dec. 14, 2018
SUFB 654: The Mind Calming Effect Of The Ocean
Dr. Edd Hind-Ozan is back on the podcast today for his weekly segment called "What's Happening In Marine Social Science This Week?" On this week's segment, Edd discusses a story of a woman in Ireland who enjoys swimming in t…
Dec. 13, 2018
SUFB 653: Ocean Acidification Can Affect Seaweed And Humans
Ocean Acidification is usually discussed with the subjects of calcium based animals such as Corals, mussels and snails as they need Calcium to build their shells. Calcium will not be available as there is more CO2 in the Oce…
Dec. 12, 2018
SUFB 652: Could Groups Foce Governments To Take Action Against Climate Change
Two groups of people have stood up at the Convention of Parties (COP24) to say they have had enough of government inaction and want change now. A young girl by the name of attended the conference to speak to the United Nati…
Dec. 11, 2018
SUFB 651: Eating Less Meat For Climate Change And My Job Update
I provide you with a job update, where I dive into my efforts for a side job (side hustle) and why I think it's important to have one. alos joins me on the podcast of one of her segments of "What's Happening In Conservation…
Dec. 10, 2018
SUFB 650: Endangered Monk Seals With Eels Up Their Nose
This story is crazy!!! NOAA researchers are surprised that they have observed 4-5 Endangered Monk Seals with eels stuck up their noses. Why? They aren't sure yet as no one has ever seen this happen; however, they do have a h…
Dec. 9, 2018
SUFB 649: Oceanic Manta Ray Nursery Area Discovered In Marine Sanctuary
A graduate student and the Executive Director of Manta Trust, Joshua Stewart has discovered a nursery habitat in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. This is a HUGE discovery …
Dec. 8, 2018
SUFB 648: Canada Zero Plastic Waste Strategy
The Canadian Government recently launched a Zero Plastic Waste Strategy, which means they are retooling the way Canada will use plastic. Their goal will be to reduce plastic use by 30% by 2030 and 50% by 2040. Take a listen…
Dec. 7, 2018
SUFB 647: Indigenous-Led Marine Conservation And The Suppression of NOAA Science
Dr. Edd Hind-Ozan joins me on the podcast today to discuss how some researchers are interacting with Indigenous groups when it comes to science and conservation projects. Dr. Natalie Ban was quoted as saying that she would n…
Dec. 6, 2018
SUFB 646: MarXiv 1 Year Later With Nick Wehner
Nick Wehner, Director of Open Initiatives at OCTO, joins me again on the podcast. This time around we discuss the 1 year anniversary of their pre-print database called MarXiv. Nick breaks down all of the stats for the inaug…
Dec. 5, 2018
SUFB 645: What Canada Needs To Do For Oil Management With Sigrid Kuehnemund
Sigrid Kuehnemund, , joins me on the podcast today to provide more information on how an oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador happened. During the interview, Sigrid points out that the spill could have been …
Dec. 4, 2018
SUFB 644: Can Mobile Help The Conservation Field And An Update On My Job Search
is back with another segment of "What's Happening In Conservation Marketing This Week?" Brook and I discuss the thought of mobile devices and how there is an opportunity to help conserve the natural areas in our world. We d…
Dec. 3, 2018
SUFB 643: How Fisheries Companies Can Make More Money Through Sustainable Fisheries With Tim Cashion
I am pleased to be joined by Tim Cashion on the episode today to discuss a study that analyzed how fisheries companies could make more money by fishing sustainably over the long term. Tim is a PhD student at University of B…
Dec. 1, 2018
SUFB 641: Salish Shes Talk Ocean Poop Problems with Beth Pike and Ray Evrard
Beth Pike and Ray Evrard, from the , join me today to discuss their most recent episode on Poop...yes, you read that correctly...Poop! Their focused on how Victoria released raw sewage into the Ocean until recently when the…
Nov. 30, 2018
SUFB 640: Well Rescues Can Go Very Wrong And Indonesian Fishers Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
We continue with our Friday segment of "What's Happening In Marine Social Science This Week" with Dr. Edd Hind-Ozan, but first, I provide a warning to all people who want to rescue a whale from entangled gear and are not tra…