Season 1
July 30, 2018
SUFB 520: The Benefit Of The Jairo Mora Sandoval Award
Patima Tungpuchayalkul was this year's awardee for the Jairo Mora Sandoval Award at the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC5). Patima was given the award for the work she has done freeing fisheries slaves in Sou…
July 29, 2018
SUFB 519: Mass Sea Turtle Mortality In Southwest Florida Due To Red Tide
Sea Turtle populations are endangered for all 7 species and there are groups working very hard to ensure their survival; however, a summer red tide event in Southwest Florida is causing high mortality on Sea Turtles that are…
July 28, 2018
SUFB 518: Nassau Grouper Population On The Rise In Cayman Islands and This Is Why
Nassau Grouper populations have been dwindling since the 1950s and the fisheries collapsed in 1990. Since then, marine scientists and conservationists have been working tirelessly to try and revive the fishery. Island natio…
July 27, 2018
SUFB 517: NACCB Highlights
The North American Congress for Conservation Biology happened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this past week and I had the honour of attending. The conference was mostly focused on terrestrial research and conservation; however,…
July 26, 2018
SUFB 516: California Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Pre-1990 Levels
If California can reduce its Greenhouse Gas emissions to pre-1990 levels, then why can't other states/provinces and countries do it as well. We are in a time where we need to make changes to our energy uses and California ha…
July 25, 2018
SUFB 515: NO! Banning Plastic Straws Will Not Save The Ocean
There is a huge movement to ban plastic straws in cities across North America and other places in the world; however, some people have been pointing out that it will not save the Ocean. An article was recently published in …
July 24, 2018
SUFB 514: Why Are There So Many Great Whites In Northern California with Dr. Dave Ebert
Great White Sharks are the species that EVERYONE wants to know about. We know Shark Week loves their Great White Sharks, but I find they always cover the same kind of thing. So I thought that I would ask my buddy Dr. Dave Eb…
July 23, 2018
SUFB 513: Finding New Sharks In Sri Lanka with Dr. Dave Ebert
As Shark Week is on it's way, I thought it would be great to get our friend of the podcast, Dr. Dave Ebert (aka @lostsharkguy) on the podcast to discuss his journey to the wonderful island of Sri Lanka to discover more shark…
July 22, 2018
SUFB 512: 30th Anniversary of Shark Week Kickoff with Dr. David Shiffman
Shark Week has been running for 29 years and this year will be its 30th year running as it had educated, inspired, scared and trick many people over its tenure. Shark Week seeks to educate and entertain; however, 3 years ago…
July 21, 2018
SUFB 511: Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group Works To Help Solve Watersport Incidences With Sea Turtles
One of the great things about the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group is that people who are facing marine science and conservation problems can post in the group and other people (scientists/conservationists) can provide some …
July 20, 2018
SUFB 510: Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission Request Proposals To Limit Land-Based Shark Fisheries
The Florida Fisheries and Wildlife Commission decided in April to consider limiting Land-based shark fisheries occurring along its coasts in order to protect swimmers and sharks alike. The initiation of this policy change ca…
July 19, 2018
SUFB 509: Scientist Discovers Hermaphrodite Sharks Off East Coast Of India
Alissa Barnes of the Dakshin Foundation discovered 7 hermaphrodite bigeye houndsharks of the East Coast of India at a Port of Odhisa during a survey of fishers. The survey was to determine whether a gear change was the cause…
July 18, 2018
SUFB 508: We Need To Talk About What Happened At A Recent Conference
Conferences in the Marine Science and Conservation fields are super important in sharing information, establishing collaborations, networking for your career and your work; however, conferences for some have been a nightmare…
July 17, 2018
SUFB 507: Columbian Army Dispatched To Protect Black Land Crab In Providencia
The Columbian government have dispatches the army to protect migrating Black Land Crabs who travel to the coast from the dry, dense forests on the Island of Providencia to lay eggs and where the larvae develop in the Ocean f…
July 16, 2018
SUFB 506: Illegal Fishing Detected In Mediterranean MPAs
Oceana has written a report blasting countries such as Italy, France, Malta and Greece for not enforcing fisheries regulations. The report called out Italy, specifically because they allowed over 10,000 hours of trawling in …
July 15, 2018
SUFB 505: Working Toward Decolonizing Marine Conservation
Basten Gokkon wrote a great article on Mongabay News that was an interview with one of the plenary speakers at the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC5) in Kuching, Malaysia. the presenter is named John Aini, wh…
July 14, 2018
SUFB 504: Nurse Sharks and Common Sense 101
Nurse sharks have been in the news lately, but not for good reasons. There have been two incidents in the recent weeks that have been published where two people have been bitten by nurse sharks. The first person was feeding…
July 13, 2018
SUFB 503: Whale Watchers Criticize Canadian Government On Orca Viewing Distance of 200m
The Canadian Government recently implemented a 200 m minimum distance for any ship in the area of Orcas. They also chopped the Chinook Salmon quota by 35%. The government is doing this because the Southern Resident Orca popu…
July 12, 2018
SUFB 502: Scott Pruitt Out As EPA Chief Administrator
We all dreamed about this day, but now that Scott Pruitt has resigned as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is it really what we want? As Scott Pruitt leaves office, Andrew Wheeler replaces him. Unfortunat…
July 11, 2018
SUFB 501: 10 Years of SciComm with Dr. Andrew Thaler Part 2
The Second Part of my conversation with Andrew Thaler on the last 10 years of Marine Science and Conservation Communication. If you are someone who has been doing SciComm in the same field, how have you noticed the field ha…
July 10, 2018
SUFB 500: 500th Episode and 10 Years Of SciComm with Dr. Andrew Thaler
500 EPISODES!!! I can't believe the time has finally come where the Speak Up For Blue Podcast has reached 500 episodes!!! What do I do to celebrate? I announce that I will be posting from 3 times a week to 7 times a week. Mo…
July 9, 2018
SUFB 499: Global Whale Shark Study Reveals Preferred Habitat
A global whale shark study that used bathymetry (depth profiles), as a way to identify potential favourite habitats, along with whale shark sightings revealed a preferred habitat for the largest fish in the sea. Whale shark…
July 8, 2018
SUFB 498: Government Of Canada Prioritizing Right Whale Protection Over Fishing Community?
Last year, the North Atlantic Right Whale population lost 19 individuals in the US and Canada due to ship strikes and/or fish gear entanglement. It was a surprise in Canada as Right Whales sightings were rare in the Gulf of …
July 7, 2018
SUFB 497 Season 2 Episode 12: Reflections On IMCC5
After 2 years of preparing, making travel arrangements, preparing presentations, renting podcasting equipment, getting vaccinations and finally, attending the conference...IMCC5 is officially over. Before I spend my time lo…