The seventh episode from us octopodians details the revamping of certain legislative bills, and discusses the newest MPA News which focuses this month on marine debris! Among other topics. Enjoy!

Nick and Allie discuss the ocean clean-up project and what it actually means. What ecological "law" is and how aquatic mammals are being used to catch other animals. All this and more in Episode 6 of OCTOPOD.

In episode 5 of OCTOPOD, Allie and Nick discuss new information about Australia's GBR "Rescue Fund," and bring up the importance of trust and money.

Allie and Nick are joined by John Davis, Editor of OCTO's MPA News newsletter, to discuss the May 2018 issue of MPA News focuses on "the continuing debate over the value of large vs. small MPAs, and what it means for the field." You can read the new issue of MPA News for more information on this topic at https://mpanews.openchannels.org/mpanews/issue/may-2018-196.

We also cover a new MarXiv Summary which will be available soon at https://www.marxivinfo.org/summaries.

Raye and Nick discuss the May 2018 issue of the Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) newsletter, which focuses on culturomics. Learn how scientists are mining social media, like Flickr and Facebook, to aid marine conservation efforts.

You can read the full issue of MEAM at https://meam.openchannels.org/meam/issue/may-2018-117.

This week's episode of OCTOPOD fills you in on some cool news, like Snot Bot, Australia's pledge for funding to rescue the Great Barrier Reef, and Hawaii's ban on coral-harming sunscreens. Learn more from the OC Overview at https://www.openchannels.org/news/oc-overview/oc-overview-week-april-30-2018.

We also covered two new MarXiv summaries: one focusing on social capital in fisheries, and the other on tourists' willingness to pay fishers not to fish in an MPA. Learn more about this research at https://www.marxivinfo.org/summaries.

Who benefits from aquaculture, anyway? + Marine Metaphors. Come learn what's happening this week at OCTO (Open Communications for the Ocean) in our very FIRST podcast.