Ocean Pancake Podcast

How is the Covid-19 Pandemic impacting our environment? Is the decreasaed amount of travel reducing carbon emissions? Will governments still care about climate change when facing a pandemic? What should our priorities be right now. These are just some of the questions Katt Andryskova discuss on this weeks special quarantine style podcast. This toned down version of Ocean Pancake looks at the various perspectives of how quarantine is impacting our world and what that may mean for the future for environmentalism and conservation work. We hope you are all safe and staying inside!

How is this current COVID-19 crisis impacting marine biology research? How is the scientific community dealing with quarantine? What are marine scientists doing at home? Can they still go out diving? I am joined my Maria from Sea&Me to chat about all things marine science, communication, and the coronavirus. Join us from Quarantine and learn about the Co-Ocean challenge, what you can do, and how this may be a good time for all of us to refocus.

Have you ever wondered how much waste is generated by your favourite movie or tv show? The truth is astounding and terrifying. Between the mountains of single use plastics used at the craft table, disposable props and constumes, convenience driven attitudes, and taylored set design, a movie can create anywhere near 225 tons of trash. This is why Emily Gallagher and Austin Elston decided to transition their production company Fishtown films into a sustaianable, responsible, and zero waste film production company. They share how they have saved money and improved relation ships on set with a little forethought and planning. Could this be the future of all film production?

Has hunting lionfish helped keep the populations down? Are they really a delicacy that can be found across the United States? What would you think if I told you you could get a robot to hunt down your lionfish? With the combination of laying an extraordinary amount of eggs once they reach sexual maturity, their venomous spines that deter certain predators, and the fact that hardly any predators identify them as prey has all combined to see these beautiful, but destructive fish take over the ecosystem. Ocean Pancake sat down with Taylor Tucker to talk about the work being done to handle these lionfish.

Is working in animal conservation always on the front lines? Do you get the opportunity to work with animals? Are university degrees neccessary to get work in this field? What are the biggest sacrifices you have to make for animal conservation? Working in animal conservation isn't always what you imagine, at the front lines like Jane Goodall. With Biologist and earth warrior Sarah Ghys we discuss her journey of working with animals all over the world and how people can achieve similar jobs. She has worked with everything from cheetahs to sea turtles. Join us today to learn what it will take if you want to create positive change for animals on our planet. Thank you to Graham Moes for the Music.

Can we still eat fish and consider ourselves environmentalists? If we do want to protect the oceans, should we be eating wild or farmed fish? How do fisheries manage to get out into the high seas to fish the target species? And what measures have governments taken to protect our seas. These and more questions are just some of the things we touch upon with Rebecca Daniels from Marine Diaries. In this episode of Oceans Today, you will learn about the dangers of farmed fishing, what methods are the most sustainable, and what you can do as a consumer to protect our oceans. As always, we learn about by catch, laws, target species, and the impacts on our planet as a whole.

Coral Gardeners Taiano. A kid of the ocean who now works to protect our coral reefs, Taiano from Coral gardeners joins us to talk about his experience in French Polynesia. This is where Coral Gardeners were created, the group of young and passionate people using the power of social media to spread the plight of our oceans. Why has social media been so helpful in protecting coral reefs? How can people from all over the world help? How does replanting coral help coral reefs? Are just some of the topics we covered.

The Oceans Today are being fished with greater ferocity and better technology than ever before. 90% of fishing stocks are exploited, and the future prediction of the health of our oceans are shaky. Joined by Rebecca Daniel from Marine Diaries, we discuss all things fishing. Should we be eating fish? Is there a way to eat fish sustainably? What are the current methods of fishing? and What do these truly look like? We talk about trawlers ripping along the ocean floors, about the dangers of targeting large predatory fish, and somehow end up on a long tangent about the intelligence of octopus. So if you want to learn about how your diet is impacting our ocean's health or simply about how an octopus escaped from an aquarium. Check out this weeks episode.

Where do you get your seafood from? Do you opt for wild caught? Farmed seafood? Az from Back2Basics Adventures has another approach to seafood : hunting and gathering. The Reefs around Australia are teeming with life, and show how rich and diverse our oceans are. In this episode we discuss how important it is to view the oceans as a friend, how interconnected our seas are, how plastic affects communities all around the world, and how Australia works to protects this coasts. Az gives us insight into free diving, how he got into spearfishing, why spear fishing is the most sustainable form of fishing, and what the catch and marine limits mean.

Is cleaning our oceans the solutions to the plastic crisis? Does cleaning the great pacific garbage patch make a difference? Or all the companies which do beach cleans? Maria from SeaandMe discuss what steps need to be taken to stem the tide of plastic and we touch upon governments, companies, plastic tax, and more! We discuss the biggest polluters, which countries create the largest percentage of trash, and if it's really up to us as individuals to make a change.