Season 1
July 30, 2021
SUFB 1190: Analysis Shows Shark Week May Not Be Good For Shark Conservation
Discovery's Shark Week is their biggest rating week of the year and is quite the spectacle. The shows aim to inspire people to learn about sharks and understand how they work; however, is the program effective at communicating the right...
July 28, 2021
SUFB 1189: Salmon populations are being altered by climate change in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Salmon populations can't stand the heat so they may be removed from many of the waterways that they normally occupy for spawning. Salmon are cold-water species that do not do well in warm water; therefore, freshwater rivers where the salmon...
July 26, 2021
SUFB 1188: Red Tide kills hundreds of ocean spies in Tampa Bay, Florida
Florida is in a Red Tide event two years after its last red tide event. Hundreds of ocean species are washing up along the shore dead and rotting causing health problems for people with respiratory issues and killing the tourism industry. Red tide...
July 23, 2021
SUFB 1187: Largest mass die off of manatees due to starvation
There were 841 manatee deaths since January 1st of 2021, which is the largest mass mortality event since 2013 (830 deaths). The deaths were due to a lack of seagrass in their favourite eating spot, Indian Lagoon. Seagrass is a crucial part of...
July 21, 2021
SUFB 1186: Is the media driving a wedge between science and the ocean?
This episode is a bit of a rant that I have been thinking about for a while. Over the past few months, I've noticed that media companies (video, audio, and written forms) have been putting out content that either ignores science or drives a wedge...
July 19, 2021
SUFB 1185: Report: Fisheries Subsidies are contributing to overfishing in foreign countries
A new report written by researchers at the University of British Columbia and supported by Oceana reveals the foreign fisheries subsidies are contributing to overfishing in foreign countries. Countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Russia,...
July 16, 2021
SUFB 1184: Applying the regenerative ocean farming model to adapt to fisheries
Fishers have had to adapt to many changes over generations. Some of those changes are natural, but most are human-induced. For one fisher in Alaska, adapting has been part of his entire life. Dune Lankard is an indigenous fisher in Alaska who...
July 14, 2021
SUFB 1183: 4 New Sharks named in the past 5 weeks
Dr. David Ebert joins me on the podcast today to discuss four publications that went out in the last 5 weeks that name and describe a new shark species. These new shark species bring Dave's total described species to 50. Dave talks about the...
July 12, 2021
SUFB 1182: Top 10 things you can do to fight climate change according to the David Suzuki Foundation
The last episode on Climate Change might have been a bit pessimistic so I decided to share a great resource on how you can fight climate change. The David Suzuki Foundation has been working within Canada for decades to help Canadians understand...
July 9, 2021
SUFB 1181: Why the ocean was on fire and what we need to do about it
Last week was a crazy week for the environment, to say the least. The ocean was set on fire due to a busted pipeline, a town in British Columbia ignited into flames due to a heatwave, and the Arctic ice is melting at a phenomenal rate. All of...
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...
Nov. 19, 2018
SUFB 630: Why Isn't Anyone Talking About The Massive Oil Spill In Newfoundland and Labrador
There was an that no one seems to be discussing. It is estimated that 250,000 Litres of oil was spilled it was is still from an unknown cause. The spill has not yet been contained because the weather is so severe from the "most intense storm"...
Nov. 18, 2018
SUFB 629: What Do You Love Most About The Ocean?
We discuss many of the Issues facing the Ocean on this podcast; however, we rarely discuss what we love most about the Ocean itself. We protect the Ocean because we love it, so we should talk more about what we love about the Ocean. In this episode, I...
Nov. 17, 2018
SUFB 628: Calculating My Carbon Footprint
The Canadian Government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is rolling out the Carbon Tax for Canadians and Businesses. I thought I would take the time to for the past year. I was amazed at how much Carbon I produced for my trips via airplane and...
Nov. 16, 2018
SUFB 627: Industry-Government-Science Partnership For Whale Monitoring and The Carbon Tax Explained
We start today's episode with the Marine Social Science Segment with Dr. Edd Hind-Ozan discussing a news article demonstrating a great Industrial-Government-Science Partnership to monitor whales to prevent entanglement. The Dungeness Crab Industry has...
Nov. 15, 2018
SUFB 626: China Won't Accept Plastic, What Now with John Davis
For years China has been accepting plastic from many parts of the world include the US; however, the superpower stopped accepting plastic in "dirty" form last January (2018). The questions now is what does the US do with all of its plastic...