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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…
Episodes
- How To Protect The Ocean
Ocean Book You Need to Read: Amanda Leland's Vision for a Sea Change
Ocean Book you need to read introduces listeners to Sea Change by Amanda Leland, a powerful and hopeful exploration of how individuals and communities can…
- How To Protect The Ocean
Great White Shark Populations Have Interesting DNA
Great white shark DNA is one of the most puzzling mysteries in marine biology. Recent research has revealed that despite being one species, great whites have…
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How Scientists Can Become Advocates
Advocacy for scientists is a skill that can transform how research impacts the real world. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, host Andrew Lewin…
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Sustainable Fashion with Courtney Barriger: Protecting the Ocean Through Clothing Choices
Sustainable fashion is more than a trend, it is a movement that connects what we wear to the health of our planet. In this episode, Andrew Lewin speaks with…
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Terracycle: Recycling Everything from Plastics to Global Waste Solutions
Terracycle is proving that almost anything can be recycled, from cigarette butts to ocean plastics, transforming how the world thinks about waste. In this…
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Shark Meat Fed To Students: Brazil's Hidden School Lunch Scandal
Shark Meat Fed To Students in Brazil's public institutions has sparked outrage after Mongabay uncovered thousands of tons of mislabeled shark meat, including…
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Oceana Working to Protect Endangered Species: How Legal Action Safeguards Whales and Sea Turtles
Oceana, working to protect endangered species, is at the heart of this powerful episode featuring Tara Brock, an environmental lawyer advocating for ocean…
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Starting an Environmental Nonprofit: The Balean Founders Story with Bart Oor and Sander Brienen
Starting an environmental nonprofit often begins with a vision and the determination to make a difference, but it also comes with challenges in funding…
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Pacific Islands Marine Monument Rollback and Court Reversal Explained
Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument: For over a decade, these waters stood as one of the largest no-take zones on Earth, safeguarding corals…
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Less than 400 Left: How Media Coverage Shapes the Fate of North Atlantic Right Whales
Less than 400 left — that's how many North Atlantic right whales remain in the world. These critically endangered whales are at the center of an urgent…
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Managing Fishing Vessels: Uncovering the Hidden Ownership of Industrial Fleets
Managing fishing vessels goes far beyond tracking where a boat is registered. In this episode, we dive into Oceana's Beyond the Flag report to explore how…
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Plastic pollution in the ocean: How the Global Treaty Could Change Everything
Plastic pollution in the ocean is no longer just an environmental issue—it's a public health crisis and an economic threat. In this episode, I break down the…
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How 5 billion sea stars died and what we can do to save them
How 5 billion sea stars died is a story that shook marine ecosystems along North America's Pacific coast. This episode dives into the groundbreaking discovery…
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Scientist Identifies New Manta Ray Species: Dr. Andrea Marshall's Discovery of the Atlantic Manta
Scientist Identifies New Manta Ray Species—the Atlantic Manta Ray, Mobula yarae—in a groundbreaking announcement from Dr. Andrea Marshall and her team at the…
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Climate Crisis and Capitalism: David Suzuki on Why We Must Rethink Everything
Climate Crisis and Capitalism are at the heart of David Suzuki's powerful message in this episode. In a candid and impassioned reflection, Suzuki warns that if…
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Map the Deep Sea: How Ocean Mapping Drives Conservation, Equity, and Innovation
Map the Deep Sea to protect what we don't yet understand. In this episode, Andrew Lewin speaks with Tim Kearns from Map the Gaps, a global initiative working…
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Ocean Books and Solarpunk Stories: Todd Medema's Climate Heist Novel to Inspire Action
Ocean Books can do more than entertain—they can inspire action, hope, and a fresh way of thinking about climate change. In this episode, Todd Medema introduces…
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Coffee and the Environment: The Hidden Cost of Your Daily Brew
Coffee and the environment are deeply intertwined, yet few consumers realize just how damaging the coffee industry can be. In this episode, Etelle Higonnet, a…
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Plastic Pollution in the Ocean: Why It's Time to Ban Styrofoam for Good
Plastic foam pollution continues to be a widespread and dangerous threat to ocean health. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, Oceana's Christy Leavitt…
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Shark Week 2025 Why Shark Week's "Dancing With Sharks" Episode Got It So Wrong
Shark Week 2025 opened with a spectacle that left many conservationists and shark advocates frustrated. The premiere episode, Dancing With Sharks, featured…
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How to Protect Sharks: What Actually Works (and What Doesn't)
How to Protect Sharks isn't just about banning shark finning or posting awareness videos. It's about understanding what really works—supporting science-based…
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How Marine Conservation Works: From Community Action to Global Policy
How Marine Conservation Works is the foundation for protecting our oceans, but it's often misunderstood. In this episode, we break down how marine conservation…
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Texas Flood 2025: Smarter Tools Needed To Save Lives
Texas Flood 2025 revealed just how urgently we need smarter tools in disaster response. In this episode, Dave Jones, founder of StormCenter Communications…
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Conservation Is About Collaboration And Balean Is All About Collaboration
Conservation is about collaboration, and collaboration is what we are discussing today. Ocean collaboration is at the heart of many conservation success…
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Orca Allokelping: Newly Documented Mutual Grooming Tool Use in Marine Mammals
Orca Allokelping is the newly documented behavior where southern resident killer whales use bull kelp as a tool to rub against each other—possibly to remove…
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All The Sharks Netflix Review: It's A Must Watch
All The Sharks Netflix finally delivers what ocean lovers and science communicators have been asking for: a show that gets shark science right. In this…
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Ocean Networks Canada: What It's Really Like to Work in the Deep Sea
Ocean careers are often imagined as adventurous and exciting, but what does it actually mean to work in the ocean every day, especially in the deep sea? In…
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Ocean Ramsay's Shark Whisperer, A Review of the Conservation Claims and Controversies
Ocean Ramsay's new documentary, called Shark Whisperer, is out on Netflix, and this is my review. This episode investigates Ocean Ramsey's viral shark…
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Ocean Conservation Disconnect with People: Straws, Sharks, and Science Barriers
Ocean Conservation Disconnect defines the state of ocean conservation today, where public enthusiasm rarely translates into real impact. The viral plastic…
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Tuna Sustainability and The Work of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
Tuna sustainability is more than a buzzword—it's a complex challenge tackled head-on by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In this…
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How French Polynesia Protected 4.8 Million km² of Ocean: The World's Largest MPA
French Polynesia marine protected area is now the largest in the world, covering nearly 4.8 million square kilometers of ocean. This groundbreaking…
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The Problem with Seaweed Aquaculture: Hidden Threats to Marine Life
The problem with seaweed aquaculture is that it's not always as ocean-friendly as it seems. While seaweed farming is often praised as a climate solution—able…
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UN Ocean Conference 2025: Big Promises, Global Funding, and the Push for Ocean Protection
UNOC 2025 brought major headlines in ocean conservation—from billions pledged to protect biodiversity, to significant movement on the High Seas Treaty. In this…
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Why Cayman Islanders Voted to Stop a Cruise Ship Pier and Save Their Reef
Why Cayman Islanders Voted against a massive cruise ship pier is a rare and powerful story of reef protection over profit. In this episode of How to Protect…
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How US Climate Policy Affects Renewable Energy and Ocean Conservation
Climate policy in the U.S. has taken a wild ride in recent years. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, I speak with Chris Moyer, founder of Echo…
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Oceans Day: A Message of Hope and Action for Ocean Conservation
Oceans Day is more than a date on the calendar—it's a moment to reflect on the state of our blue planet and our role in protecting it. In this heartfelt…
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Surfacing Secrets: Mavericks and Visionaries
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) began as a bold idea—to create a real-time, always-on listening system for the ocean. In this episode, Surfacing Secrets: Mavericks…
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Ocean Conservation and the Rise of the WaveMaker Movement
Ocean conservation is more than protecting ecosystems—it's about empowering people to lead change. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, Andrew, Serena…
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Ocean Conservation Meets Innovation: Inside The Undertow's Global Mission
Ocean conservation is evolving—and The Undertow is leading the way by merging storytelling, technology, and community. In this episode, host Andrew Lewin is…
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Prevent Overfishing: How Transparency Can Save the Ocean
Prevent overfishing by making the invisible visible. In this episode, Courtney Farthing from Global Fishing Watch explains how vessel tracking and open data…
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Ocean with David Attenborough: Why There's Still Hope for the Sea
Ocean recovery is not just possible, it's already happening in places where we've taken action. In this episode, I dive into Ocean with David Attenborough, a…
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How Tide Gauges Help Track Flooding and Sea Level Rise in Coastal Towns
Tide gauges are a critical yet often overlooked tool in our fight to understand and respond to climate change. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Thaler returns to…
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How Harmful Algal Blooms Are Poisoning California's Marine Wildlife
Harmful algal blooms are wreaking havoc along the California coast, releasing toxic domoic acid that is poisoning marine life. In this episode, we explore how…
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From Oceanographer to Eco-Baker: Maddie Hamann on Building a Sustainable Bread Brand to Help Protect the Ocean
Ocean conservation isn't always about what's happening in the water—it's also about the choices we make on land. In this episode, we speak with Maddie Hamann…
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How Zazou Saeed Helped Ban Single-Use Plastics in the Maldives
Plastic pollution in the Maldives has become a serious environmental crisis, despite the nation's image as a pristine paradise. In this episode of How to…
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Orca Conservation, Shark Ethics, and David Attenborough's Ocean Film
Orca conservation takes center stage as we highlight an inspiring community-led effort to protect these iconic marine mammals. Andrew explores how nearshore…
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Why Nearshore Ocean Conservation Is Critical for Climate, Biodiversity, and Communities
Nearshore conservation is often overlooked in favor of flashy offshore marine protected areas. But a growing movement of community-led initiatives is showing…
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Why Gray Whales Are Dying: Climate, Starvation, and Human Threats
Gray whales are dying along the Pacific coast—and the reasons are alarming. In this episode, we dive into why hundreds of gray whales have stranded or died…
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Ontario Weakens Species Protections | Hawaii's Climate Fee | Deep Sea Mining Clash | Frilled Shark Expansion
Endangered species protection in Ontario is under threat as the provincial government proposes Bill 5, repealing the Endangered Species Act in favor of weaker…
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Deep Sea Mining in U.S. Waters: A New Era of Ocean Extraction
Deep sea mining in the U.S. is entering a new chapter after a recent executive order signed by former President Donald Trump authorized exploration and…
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Coral Bleaching Across 82 Countries: Why This Global Event Is the Deadliest Yet
Coral bleaching is not just a temporary event—it's a climate emergency that can unfold over years. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, host Andrew…
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Octopus Ocean Book: Exploring the Genius Minds Beneath the Waves with Mark Leiren-Young
Octopus intelligence is nothing short of extraordinary—and in this episode, we dive deep with award-winning author Mark Leiren-Young to explore the surprising…
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US Government Rolls Back Environmental Protections for Energy Drilling
Energy policy shifts in the U.S. are sparking concern as the government rolls back environmental regulations to fast-track oil and gas drilling. In this…
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Defunding Science Due To DEI: What It Means for Canada
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) have become integral components of Canadian science funding. In this episode, we explore Pierre Poilievre's plan to…
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US Opens Up Marine Protected Areas to Fishing: What This Means for Ocean Conservation
Fisheries: In this episode, we see the surprising news that the U.S. government is opening up parts of its marine protected areas (MPAs) to commercial fishing…
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AI-Powered Conservation: The Future of Coral Reef Protection with Andy Ridley
Great Barrier Reef bleaching is accelerating at a dangerous pace, and yet, hope rises from a unique blend of technology, data, and collective action. In this…
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How McKnsea Balances Her Marine Career and Content Creation to Inspire Ocean Advocacy
Ocean conservation is more than a job—it's a calling. In this episode, we sit down with McKenzie Margereth, known online as McKnsea, who shares her inspiring…
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Coral Restoration In Trouble: Why Saving Reefs Takes More Planting Coral
Coral restoration is often seen as a beacon of hope for our oceans—but are we putting too much faith in it? In this episode, we dive into why coral bleaching…
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Rebuilding Fisheries in Canada: Capelin Biomass Falling Yet Fishing Stays Open
Rebuilding fisheries in Canada: Capelin biomass is only at 16% of its pre-collapse level, which spells disaster for northern cod's recovery. In this episode of…
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Shark Communication: Graduate Studies, Sharks Science, and TikTok with Kenzie Horton
Shark communication is critical in changing their "man-eating" reputation from the movie Jaws. Sharks need protection so telling people about the wonders of…