Season 1
Aug. 31, 2018
SUFB 552: Paying For Marine Protected Areas With John Bohorquez
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are wonderful tools that can help replenish fisheries and maintain biodiversity within their boundaries; however, MPAs are quite expensive. Funding of each MPA can determine whether it will function properly as...
Aug. 30, 2018
SUFB 551: My Review Of New York City Waste During A Quick Trip
My wife and I went to New York City with two other couples to celebrate our 40th birthdays together. I've reflected a lot over the past year on my 40th year on this planet, especially how I can make it better. With that in mind, I now notice many...
Aug. 29, 2018
SUFB 550: Sea Level Rise Costing Housing Market Billions
No matter how you feel about who is causing climate change, the housing market is aware that sea level rise is playing a part in the price of homes that are along vulnerable costs. Homes that are prone to flooding due to storm activity, increased sea...
Aug. 28, 2018
SUFB 549: Humpback Habitat Protected After Government Lawsuit
Humpbacks are a great conservation story because their populations have rebounded since they were almost hunted to extinction in the early 1900s. Their population rebound around the world provides optimism inside and outside the marine conservation...
Aug. 27, 2018
SUFB 548: How You Can Help Stop Nutrient Overload
Nutrients are playing a huge role in disrupting our coastal ecological stability. We have blue-green algal blooms that are so think it smells like dead people. We also have red tides that kill everything in its path for short (lately longer) periods...
Aug. 26, 2018
SUFB 547: How To Create A Conservation Movement With Brooke Tully - Part 2
Brooke Tully joins me again on the podcast to discuss the second part of the interview that we started yesterday. Today, we are discussing how to create a conservation movement. I thought it would be good for you, the audience, to understand how...
Aug. 25, 2018
SUFB 546: Bridging The Ocean Awareness-Action Gap - Part 1
I used to think that Ocean Awareness was the only component needed to get the public to not only understand the issues facing the Ocean, but it would also give them enough information and inspiration to conserve the Ocean. Unfortunately, the behaviour...
Aug. 24, 2018
SUFB 545: Juvenile Whale Shark Track Reveals Important Habitats
Whale Sharks are a huge and iconic species that are found to have migrated long distances; however, there is still much to be discovered about the species. For instance, do juvenile Whale Sharks travel the same long distances as the adults? The answer...
Aug. 23, 2018
SUFB 544: Belugas And Walruses Die At Marineland According To Former Employee
"Everyone loves Marineland" is what I grew up listening to the Marineland commercial. Ask anyone that grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada and they will know the saying; however, not everyone loves Marineland anymore. There have been some major...
Aug. 22, 2018
SUFB 543: Importance Of Field Monitoring Of Kelp Forest Health
I remember learning about marine ecology with a popular example of the relationship among the sea otter, sea urchin and kelp forest. Sea otters eat sea urchins and sea urchins eat kelp. A decrease in one population could give rise to another. A lack...
Aug. 21, 2018
SUFB 542: Coelacanth Colony Could Be Wiped Out By Potential Oil Drilling
The Coelacanth is one of those fish species that could easily be my favourite fish. It's prehistoric history and evolutionary importance fascinates me. The manner in which the pelvic fins move is captivating. As you can see, I am very passionate about...
Aug. 20, 2018
SUFB 541: Ocean Start Ups Are Not Easy
I covered something different than I am used to over the past week. I talked about businesses that benefit the Ocean. The businesses are usually Social Enterprises, companies that have a triple bottom line for profit, environmental and social change....
Aug. 19, 2018
SUFB 540: Sea Life in Trouble As Global Heat Wave Affects Oceans Off California
The water along the beaches in San Diego are known for it's surfing and majestic sea life. The waters are also cooler as the Californian Current is influenced by the Alaskan Current and Northern Pacific Current; however, the global heat wave has...
Aug. 18, 2018
SUFB 539: Katapult Your Ocean Start Up With Maren Hjorth Bauer
Yesterday, I introduced you to some start ups that were going to be part of an accelerator program for an Impact Investing Program. Today, I speak to the CEO and Founder of Katapult Ocean, which is a new Impact Investing firm that is focused on...
Aug. 17, 2018
SUFB 538: Ocean Solutions Alliance Accelerator Announces First Wave Of Start Ups
Talking about Ocean issues everyday can get a little tiring, so I've been doing some research to see what is being done about solutions. There are some organizations such as Conservation X Labs that help engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs...
Aug. 16, 2018
SUFB 537: More Criticism Being Published About Ocean Clean Up Project
I keep talking about the Ocean Clean Up Project because I get angry at the fact that there has been little criticism about the project in the mainstream media. So when I found this story, I had to talk about it on the podcast. This article really...
Aug. 15, 2018
SUFB 536: How The Decline Of Chinook Salmon Is Effecting The Southern Resident Orca Population
The Southern Resident Orca Population are considered a Schedule 1 Endangered Species by the Canadian Species At Risk Act. The main reason for the decline of the Orca population which only has 75 individuals left is because of the lack of Chinook...
Aug. 14, 2018
SUFB 535: How Marine Advocacy Works Using Orcas As An Example With Dr. Naomi Rose
We have our most popular guest on the podcast today, Dr. Naomi Rose. She is a Marine Conservation Advocate who works for the Animal Welfare Institute where she specializes in Whales in Captivity. Naomi came on the podcast to discuss the plight...
Aug. 13, 2018
SUFB 534: Does The Future Of Our Oceans Come Down To One International Meeting?
There is a big United Nations meeting that is going to happen in New York City soon that some researchers say will dictate the long term survival of the Ocean. The meeting has been in the works for years with countries expected to sign on to a pact...
Aug. 12, 2018
SUFB 533: Porbeagle Sharks Protected In One Country But Killed In Another
Marine Conservation can be a tricky business at times. This episode covers one of those tricky times and it has to do with the porbeagle shark. The porbeagle shark is a "mini-great white" that only feeds on fish. It's population on the east...
Aug. 11, 2018
SUFB 532: Canadian Mall Food Court Proves That We Can Do Better With Trash
There is a report that was released by the Ocean Conservancy that states over 80% of the marine debris that enters the Ocean comes from 20% of the countries, primarily in the Asian Region of the world. Most of it could be attributed to lack of a waste...
Aug. 10, 2018
SUFB 531: Smooth Ray Feeding Behaviour with Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons
I had the pleasure of interviewing Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons, who is also known as @MotherOfRays - a fantastic Twitter handle!!! We discussed a recent paper that she published on the feeding behaviour of smooth rays around a recreational fishing cleaning...
Aug. 9, 2018
SUFB 530: Are SeaWorld Rebounding From Blackfish Fallout?
SeaWorld is rebounding with higher attendance in the first 2 quarters fo this year pleasing investors and making them think that the fallout from the Blackfish documentary that showed the entertainment park was ignoring scientific evidence that the...
Aug. 8, 2018
SUFB 529: Plastics In Ocean Emit Greenhouse Gases When Exposed To Sunlight
As if plastic pollution in the ocean wasn't bad enough, now researchers have revealed that as plastics degrade in the light (photo-degradation), they emit greenhouse gases. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa published an article...