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How To Protect The Ocean
Dive into the Depths: Join Andrew Lewin on 'How to Protect the Ocean' – Your Gateway to Exclusive Ocean Insights! Explore the latest, uncharted realms of ocean science and conservation that you won't find anywhere else. Andrew takes you on an inspiring journey to uncover the hidden gems of oceanic discovery and initiatives. Tune in to discover how you can transform your life for a better ocean, one episode at a time. The How To Protect The Ocean is your resource to keep you informed on the…
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- How To Protect The Ocean
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SUFB 528: Florida Red Tide And Algae outbreak Getting Worse
A couple of weeks ago, I published an episode on a number of Sea Turtles floated ashore dead from a red time bloom off of Southwest Florida. The long term…
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SUFB 527: Ocean Acidification Can Affect Smell Of Fish
Researchers at the University of Exeter have discovered that European sea bass lose some of their sense of smell when pH dips in tiny amounts, which means that…
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SUFB 526: Australian Billionaire Gives 100 Million To Marine Conservation
Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation decided to give $100 million dollars towards marine conservation in Australia as he criticizes the Australian government…
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SUFB 525: 90 Percent Of The King Penguins Mysteriously Disappeared
There is a population on the Ile aux Cochons that is located between South Africa and Antarctica that holds a significant portion of the populations of King…
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SUFB 524: Global Warming Accelerated By Slowing Of Ocean Conveyor Belt
I learned about the Ocean Conveyor Belt that influenced the climate for the Northwestern Atlantic and Northeastern Atlantic regions when I was in school quite…
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SUFB 523: Major UK Tour Operator Stops Selling Seaworld Tickets Due To Animal Welfare Concerns
Thomas Cook, a major UK tour operator, has officially stopped selling Seaworld tickets due to the captive mammal facility not abiding bu ABTA guidelines on…
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SUFB 522: New Dolphin Hybrid Species Discovered Off The Coast Of Hawai'i
In cool ocean news, Scientists at Cascadia Research Collective have discovered a new dolphin hybrid species off the coast of the Kauai, Hawai'i. The hybrid was…
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SUFB 521: FINALLY!!! Mainstream Media Is Showing The Criticism Of The Ocean Clean Up Project
I talked about how the Marine Conservation Community views Boyan Slant's Ocean Clean Up project before and I even touched on my frustrations as to how…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SUFB 496 Season 2 Episode 11: Helping To Manage The Lionfish Invasion Through Jewelry with Phil Karp
Lionfish have invaded most, if not all, of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. They have become a huge problem for…
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SUFB 495 Season 2 Episode 10: Plastic Pollution Change with Dr. Judith Weis
Dr. Judith Weis and I got to sit down face to face at IMCC5 to discuss an ongoing conversation we have had for about a month online. The conversation centred…
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SUFB 494 Season 2 Episode 9: Part 2 COMPASS The Art Of Story Telling
This is Part 2 of the COMPASS "The Art Of Story Telling" Workshop at IMCC5, where 9 people attended a pre-conference workshop on how to communicate their own…
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SUFB 493 Season 2 Episode 8: Part 1 COMPASS The Art Of Story Telling
COMPASS is a communication organization that helps scientists tell the public their research through engaging ways. They held a 2-day pre-conference workshop…
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SUFB 492 Season 2 Episode 7: Make For The Planet With Alex Dehgan
Alex Deghan, Founding Director of Conservation X Labs, joins me on the podcast at IMCC5 in Kuching, Malaysia. Alex uses Conservation X Labs to create…