Episodes
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 with your family and...
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 the cold-water coast off of...
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 Ocean. However, not all living...
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 Nations on her frustration with...
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 Marketing This Week?"...
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 hypothesis as to why. ...
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 as manta rays are known to...
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 to find out how they...
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 not work with Indigenous...
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 inaugural year of this open...
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 caused by the way the...
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 discuss the use of text...
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 British Columbia in...
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 they decided to build a sewage...
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 trained for it. Whale...
Nov. 29, 2018
SUFB 639: The Real World Sea Turtles With Dr. Nathan Robinson
I have the pleasure to have a good friend of mine on the podcast, Dr. Nathan Robinson. You might remember . He's also the same guy to pull out the plastic fork from a different Olive Ridley Sea Turtle four months later about 70 km south of the first...
Nov. 28, 2018
SUFB 638: All White Man Panels and An Update On My Job Search
On today's episode, I talk about the persistence of All Old White Male Panels and conference and workshops and how that might limit Marine Science and Conservation. I also provide an update on my job search after having an information meeting...
Nov. 27, 2018
SUFB 637: More On The US Climate Report and What's Next After The Plastic Straw Movement
I start this episode by discussing as I didn't feel that I covered enough on it yesterday. I continue the episode with our "What's Happening In Conservation Marketing" segment with Brook Tully. Climate Report: 3 Takeaways The Atlantic wrote a...
Nov. 26, 2018
SUFB 636: Trump Administration Tries To Sneak Climate Report Out Over Holiday Weekend, It Backfired!
A due to the consequences of climate change was released on Black Friday while holiday shoppers were out getting gifts for their families and friends. The Trump administration tried to sneak out the report due to their position as a Climate...
Nov. 24, 2018
SUFB 635: One Artist Five Ocean with Danielle Eubank
connects people with the Ocean through her art, which are paintings of the wavelets in almost every Ocean in the world. Danielle has painted hundreds of pieces from four Oceans and is getting set to paint some pieces in the Southern Ocean. Art plays a...
Nov. 23, 2018
SUFB 634: Plastic Pollution In Nigeria and Son of the Blob in the Pacific
joins me for another segment of "What's Happening in Marine Social Science This Week" where we discuss a . The story describes a lawyer who was sick of seeing plastic on her beach so much that she started an organization involving community clean ups...
Nov. 22, 2018
SUFB 633: Pre-Register Your Study With Journals With Nick Wehner
Nick Wehner is back from OCTO to discuss how . This process will help scientists vet their methods with peer reviewers and get them approved before they do the study, which will increase their chances of being published by the journal and prevent...
Nov. 21, 2018
SUFB 632: Sharing My Strategy To Find A New Job
I'm about to embark on a journey to find a job in Marine and/or Freshwater Conservation in Canada and I want to share this journey with you. I've covered finding a job before as I shelled out my advice to over a hundred people in my lifetime;...
Nov. 20, 2018
SUFB 631: Consumer Environmental Trends And Protecting The Ilse Of Man
I have on the podcast today for her segment "What's Happening In Conservation Marketing This Week." On this segment Brooke and I discussed how conservation organizations should change their messaging to match changing consumer trends. I also...