Well ahoy there! The Marinara crew has polished the decks, hoisted the sails, and we're ready to embark on 2021 – the year of all things wet n salty!

For our first show back, tomorrow 9am:

• Bron, Kade and Fam bring some of the summer news. Or maybe that should be ‘extended-spring’ news as summer’s mostly taking some time out this year. Kade brings news of the Antarctic krill mission. And some upcoming events to plug including a clean-up dive, sea slug census event (with thanks PT Hirschfield for the fab photo below!), and Summer by the Sea.

• We speak with UNSW’s John Turnbull about a paper he’s just had published in ‘Conservation Biology’ that critiques the value of ‘partially protected marine reserves’ – marine protected areas that allow some forms of fishing. Are they effective in meeting their objectives to protect marine life, or are they a conservation red herring?

• And Fam talks about the culmination of the EcoCentre’s 6 years of research into microplastics in Melbourne’s big rivers and the bay. Incredible work yielding some fascinating insights.