Season 1
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...
Sept. 27, 2017
SUFB 374: The Struggle To Find Tap Water In Public Is Real
I tell a story about my trip with some friends to the Buffalo Bills game last Sunday. It was crazy hot!!! The Bills stadium ran out of bottled water by half time and wouldn't give us regular tap water. It sucked because it was crazy hot!!! So hot!!!...
Sept. 25, 2017
SUFB 373: Should Graduate Students Have A Side Hustle?
Graduate student life is fun when you look back on it after 15 years. You realize that you had so many freedoms and you didn't have to worry about the "real world" yet; however, the real world hits you as a graduate student because you have to pay...
Sept. 22, 2017
SUFB 372: Florida Evacuation Experience In The Face Of Hurricane Irma
We are featuring another episode of the Marine Conservation Happy Hour where Dr. Scarlett Smash recounts her and her husband's experience of evacuating the state of Florida along with millions of other people. Let's just say water and gas were in...
Sept. 20, 2017
SUFB 371: Tales From The Sea At IMCC
There are quite a few spectacular things that go on at the International Marine Conservation Congress every year; however, one of my favourites is the Tales From The Sea. It's an event that goes on in a theatre where Marine Scientists and...
Sept. 18, 2017
SUFB 370: Italians Adapt To Climate Change By Eating Jellyfish
Today's stories have a couple of things in common: 1) All stories are about invertebrates and, 2) You have to find out at the end of the episode. I thought I would pick these stories to discuss because I wanted to cover something a little...
Sept. 14, 2017
SUFB 369: Marine Conservation Conferences on Ocean Talk Friday
Dr. Ed Hind-Ozan joins me on this episode of Ocean Talk Friday to discuss how conferences benefit people in the field of Marine Science and Conservation. Conferences are great for networking, collaborating on future projects and sharing information...
Sept. 13, 2017
SUFB 368: Canadian Government Gives 25% of Arctic Surf Quota to First Nations
The Canadian Government has a long relationship with the First Nations groups across Canada; however, the relationship sucks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a campaign promise to reconcile Canada's relationship with First Nations groups in Canada....
Sept. 11, 2017
SUFB 367: Hurricane Irma Sucks Water Away From Coast And Why Fish Eat Plastic
Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida over the weekend reeking havoc in different counties across the state as it did across many Caribbean Islands. As people in the path of Irma checked in as safe on social media and shared pictures and videos of...
Sept. 8, 2017
SUFB 366: Ocean Talk Friday
Nathan Johnson joins us on Ocean Talk Friday after a busy summer. Today we talk about the following articles: 1) Canada designates it's largest conservation area (not an MPA, but similar); 2) Hawaiian National Monument gets an award for doing great...
Sept. 6, 2017
SUFB 365: Social Marketing To Change Behaviours Around the Ocean with Brian Day
Raising Ocean Awareness through any means may not be enough to be successful at conserving and protecting the Ocean. I know! I was surprised to hear that as well. We often watch documentaries or participate in campaigns that try to raise awareness of...
Sept. 4, 2017
SUFB: How To Find Out How Many Whale Sharks There Are And Where They Go
Whale sharks are one of the most iconic species in the world. As the largest fish, people are so captivated by their sight that they will travel thousands of miles just to get a glimpse of them in the wild. However, these sharks are also Endangered...
Sept. 1, 2017
SUFB 363: Ocean Talk Friday
Marine Conservation Careers seems to be on your mind as we covered it on a couple of episodes over the past week. Last Friday, we heard from 3 generations of Marine Conservationists on the challenges we faced in our career. It wasn't meant to scare...
Aug. 30, 2017
SUFB 362: Hurricane Harvey Made Worse By Climate Change
Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 storm, has left Houston and the surrounding areas and is now heading for Louisiana as a tropical storm; however, the imprint it left on Houston was devastating. A Politico article said Harvey was the 3rd 500-year storm...
Aug. 28, 2017
SUFB 361: Atlantic Salmon in Fish Farm Escape in Pacific and Politician Takes Aim at Great White Sharks in Cape Cod
Two crazy pieces of news to cover today. Last week was a big week in crazy news. A Fish Farm in Washington blames the eclipse on stronger tides and currents and breaking nets, releasing Atlantic Salmon into the Pacific Coast. Our Second piece of crazy...