The Ocean Leaders Podcast
Ocean projects are hard. The science is complicated, the funding is uncertain, the stakeholders don't always agree, and the work happens across sectors that don't always speak the same language. Most of the projects that matter get stuck somewhere in the middle, and most of the people leading them a...
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Aug. 18, 2026
Why Do Ocean Conservation Projects Fail? (And How to Fix Them)
Why do so many promising ocean conservation projects stall before they ever reach their potential? In this episode of the Ocean Leaders Podcast, host Andrew Lewin, Ocean Communications Manager at Pisces Oceans and longtime host of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, sits down with the Pisces Oceans team for a candid, in-person conversation recorded at the HTO conference. Andrew is joined by co-CEOs Melissa Weaver and Natalie Gilson and Ocean Project Manager Kirsty Burnett to unpack the patter
