Episodes
Nov. 22, 2017
SUFB 398: OCEANDOTCOMM With Dr. Craig McClain
Dr. Craig McClain is on the podcast. This is his second time on the podcast as he was on our second ever episode, so this is really special. Craig is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Marine Consortium (LUMCON) and the Chief Editor of...
Nov. 20, 2017
SUFB 397: 4 Sperm Whales Die While Stranded In Indonesia, Changing The Way We Live and Trump Delays Trophy Hunting Import Decision
I cover 3 unrelated topics this week. The first story is a tragedy, the second is a call to action and the third is a congratulatory story...kind of...let me explain. Here are the topics for today: 1) 4 Sperm Whales Die After Being Stranded In...
Nov. 17, 2017
SUFB 396: 15,000 Scientists Tell Us We Are Screwed...but they say we can still change
An article came out this week where over 15,000 scientists agreed upon on thing: we are screwing up this planet royally. But don't let the title fool you, the authors highlight 9 things that either went wrong or are going wrong. The optimism is to...
Nov. 15, 2017
SUFB 395: All Good Products With Caroline Duell
Products that are good for our health and the environment actually exist!!! I know, right! Today, on the podcast, I have Caroline Duell, founder of All Good Products, which sell products such as lotions and sunscreen that are created from natural...
Nov. 13, 2017
SUFB 394: Parachute Science & Walruses Are Losing The Battle Against Climate Change
I comment on a recent article from Oceans Deeply where Dr. Asha de Vos commented on how the Marine Science and Conservation field needs to move away from Parachute Science and support more long term local initiatives in developing countries. Find out...
Nov. 10, 2017
SUFB 393: Ocean Talk Friday - The Vaquita, Sea Shepherd and Mexican Land Use
Dr. Edward Hind-Ozan joins us on the podcast today to discuss some major stories that are roaming around the Marine Conservation World this week. Here is the breakdown of the stories: 1) Can we really save the Vaquita? (6:01) 2) Is Sea Shepherd...
Nov. 8, 2017
SUFB 392: Hustling Like an Oceanpreneur With Dr. Austin Gallagher
Dr. Austin Gallagher is someone who never stops in this Marine Science and Conservation Industry. He conducts research on sharks and other predators all over the world, he founded and leads a non-profit organization called Beneath The Waves; and, he...
Nov. 6, 2017
SUFB 391: Managing Fish by Habitat; Collaborative Marine Conservation Websites Are Good; and, Octopuses Walk on Land
Today's Update episode cover two stories and an opinion piece that I have about something that people freak out on way too much. There is so much news out there that it was tough to pick just 3 things, but I thought these would be the ones that...
Nov. 3, 2017
SUFB 390: Ocean Talk Friday - Talk on Shark Protection, No expansion of Antarctic MPA, Prestigious award for fishing study and weird sailing story
Dr. Lyne Morissette joins me on the podcast again this week for another instalment of Ocean Talk Friday. Today we talk: 1) Volvo Award goes to Canadian Economist for High Seas Fishing Study; 2) The expansion of an Antarctic Network of Marine Protected...
Nov. 1, 2017
SUFB 389: Beyond Data in Fisheries with Ret Talbot
Ret Talbot is a Freelance Fisheries Jounalist, and a friend of Speak Up For Blue, who has recently released a podcast of his own called Beyond Data. It's a podcast about fisheries, the data behind them (or lack thereof) and their story. Ret will...
Oct. 30, 2017
SUFB 388: Last Ditch Efforts to Save the Vaquita...and more news
On this week's instalment of Ocean Updates, we tackle the last ditch efforts of the collaborative, Mexican-led group, of VaquitaCPR to try to save the last 19 individuals of the endemic Vaquita. If you read the story, you wouldn't think that it was a...
Oct. 27, 2017
SUFB 387: An Update from the 22nd Biennial Conference for the Society of Marine Mammalogy
Dr. Lyne Morissette, marine mammal scientist and science communicator extrodinnaire, joins us on the podcast today to discuss her takeaways from the 22nd Biennial Conference for the Society of Marine Mammals. That means she gets to spend more than 5...
Oct. 25, 2017
SUFB 386: Open Access Marine Conservation Literature Database With Nick Wehner
Open Access to Science is crucial to sharing information across the world. If you think about it, the entire scientific process is all about one scientists being able to duplicate an experiment of a study based on the methods outlined in a paper....
Oct. 23, 2017
SUFB 385: Salmon Researchers Have First Nets Empty While Sampling
As always, there is quite a bit going on in Marine Science and Conservation field so it's a good thing that the Speak Up For Blue Podcast is here to keep you updated. Here are the stories for today: 1) Open Acces Week (3:34) 2) Salmon populations may...
Oct. 20, 2017
SUFB 384: Antarctic MPAs; South Pacific MPA; and, Engineers Try To Recreate Octopus Camouflage
Nathan Johnson is back again for another Ocean Talk Friday episode. Nathan makes a special announcement about his career and how being a co-host of the Ocean Talk Friday Episodes helped him attain this new goal. We also talk about some articles...
Oct. 18, 2017
SUFB 383: Tracking Oil Spills and Illegal Fishing From The Sky With Paul Whitaker
Marine Conservation is great when we see things like water quality policies and Marine Protected Areas implemented into law by governments; however, enforcing those policies on the Ocean is a huge challenge. It takes a number of tools and experts to...
Oct. 16, 2017
SUFB 382: Fishers Become Sea Farmers
The New York Times wrote a great article of fishers in Maine, USA who were diversifying their lone revenue stream of fishing lobsters by farming oysters and kelp. You might wonder, "Why in the world would they want to do that?" Apparently, they...
Oct. 13, 2017
SUFB 381: Ocean Talk Friday, A Little Rant
Climate Change has really been on my mind these days, specifically the people who have been affected by the Hurricanes in Small Island communities such as Barbuda, Dominica, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The magnitude and extent of the damages...
Oct. 11, 2017
SUFB 380: Broome Community Seagrass Project with Fiona West
Seagrass monitoring projects are crucial to the overall health of coastal systems as seagrass beds all around the world are habitats of great biodiversity...and biodiversity make habitats more resistant to degradation. Unfortunately, monitoring...
Oct. 9, 2017
SUFB 379: Protecting sharks and the People who study them
Shark advocates and scientists strive for the same cause: protect sharks from their rapid global decrease in population. However, advocates and scientists don't always agree on the methods. Some people want all finning and fishing of all sharks to...
Oct. 6, 2017
SUFB 378: Ocean Talk Friday Octo Edition
We continue our introduction to the Octo (Open Communications for The Ocean) team this week as John Davis, Nick Wehner and introducing Sarah Carr join me for Ocean Talk Friday to discuss the articles that were published in the latest Marine...
Oct. 4, 2017
SUFB 377: Open Communications For The Oceans
Open Communications For The Oceans (Octo) has become a partner of Speak Up For Blue and we will now work together as a team to further share Marine Science and Conservation to help live for a better Ocean. As you know, Speak Up For Blue is designed to...
Oct. 2, 2017
SUFB 376: My Big HUGE GIGANTIC Announcement!!!
It's not everyday where you realize your dreams, especially in the field of Marine Science and Conservation. However, it has happened to me today as this is the first day that I am working full time on Speak Up For Blue and getting paid for it. That's...
Oct. 1, 2017
SUFB 375: Scientists Make A Case Not To Ban Sharks Fins In the US
Shark finning, the act of removing a shark's fin at sea and discarding their mangled body overboard for them to die, is a terrible act and the reason why many marine conservation organizations are trying to ban finning and fins in many countries...