Radio Marinara

Jacqui Younger brings us ‘Keep it Clean’ detailing the incredible work done by community groups and volunteers cleaning the seas; Live from Flinders Pier, Cara Hull delivers this week’s dive report, honouring the Flinders Icebergers equinox celebrations; Rex Hunter brings a special guest, post-doctoral researcher Dr Cami Plum (Monash University), who has just completed a paper on the microbial ecology of shipwrecks; Soundwaves "Woke Bloke" Jeff Maynard will use 1950’s Movies to mansplain how women can become marine biologists. With presenters Bron Burton and Dr Beach.

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This week we speak with Deakin University's Dr Alecia Bellgrove about the 2023 International Seaweed Symposium, and the future of seaweed research; Myra Kelly brings us this week’s dive report, including a wrap-up of last week’s legendary clean-up efforts by divers and snorkelers for Clean Up Australia Day; Professor Rob Harcourt, marine scientist from Macquarie University talks about a multinational effort to understand whale feeding behaviour; Cabin Boy asks the question - have you ever wanted to race around the world on a 70-foot yacht? Well Peter Ford knows what that's all about – he’s popping in to tell us about his journey to be part of the Clipper Round the World Race. With presenters Bron Burton and Cabin Boy.

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The latest ocean and coastal news; Amy Low, Head of Branding and Marketing for Piping Hot, on creating new textiles from algae and the role of businesses in making change; Kal Glanznig, a young business person (MD of Delfina) and youth oceans changemaker on why (and how) young people are leading change to improve ocean health. With presenters Fam and Anth.

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The team speak with Kelp Forest Alliance founder and program director Aaron Eger about the “Kelp Forest Challenge''; Cara Hull provides a dive report; The Nature Conservancy has expanded its restoration of shellfish reefs from Port Phillip Bay to the Gippsland Lakes, and marine and freshwater scientist Scott Breschkin tells us about their latest project; Jacqui Younger explains the inaugural ‘Keep it Clean’ event, starting off with the Sea Shepherd’s Nurdle Hunt, the marine pest-watch project, and other great community clean ups this summer. With presenters Bron Burton and Kade Mills.

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Museums Victoria Principal Curator Emeritus (Marine Biology) Gary Poore has co-written the book ‘Marine Decapod Crustacea’ - the definitive guide for all marine decapod crustacea, and he explains to presenters Bron and Dr. Beach this extraordinary work; Dive reporter Myra Kelly provides hot tips and a weekly dive forecast; 'Life’s a Beach' is back, where Dr Beach talks about crustaceans and their reflective eye glitter. And Jeff Maynard examines the history of female marine biologists using old films - from the bustle to the bikini, we mansplain the science of women underwater. With presenters Bron Burton and Dr Beach.
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Rex Hunter talks about how the Yarra River was altered from a meandering stream to a river handling 20,000 tonne container ships; Dive reporter Cara Hull provides an update on summer diving; coastal paleontologist Ben Francischelli talks about the giant marsupial ‘Zygomaturus gilli’, the 500 kilogram megafauna from Bayside (Melbourne), and a fossil Ben found dating back more than 5 million years; and Cabin Boy, aka Brett Ditchfield, talks about the annual Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart. With presenters Bron Burton and Dr Beach.

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Dr Beach and Anth have pulled up their stand-up paddle boards, taken off their sunnies, and entered the studio for the start of Radio Marinara 2023! Dr Beach discusses a recent study that documents a dramatic decline in fish parasites over the past century in the Puget Sound estuary, and Anth delivers marine and coastal news from the summer break. And marine ecologist and fisheries biologist Dr. Bryce Stewart from the University of York talks about Brexit and the impact on fisheries. With presenters Dr Beach and Anth Boxshall.

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Coastal paleontologist Ben Francischelli fills us in on Summer by the Sea and a new coastal fossil site; Rex Hunter talks about surveying shipwrecks in 2023; Dr Beach joins the Port Phillip Sea Pilots on board the ‘Akuna'; Bron and special assistant Edie Walker chat about their favourite things of 2022; and it’s 'Tomorrow Never Dives,’ a farewell to James Bond and Jeff Maynard's Soundwaves History of Diving Series. With Presenters Bron, Dr Beach and Rex Hunter.
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Baykeeper Neil Blake explains recent citizen science programs happening in Victoria’s coastal and marine environments, and he tells us about Sandy Webb's hot-off-the-press book about Jawbone Marine Sanctuary https://jawbonemarinesanctuary.squarespace.com/. Tony Fontes is a veteran Great Barrier Reef dive operator who was invited to meet the UN reef monitoring mission, and shares his ideas with our team about what we are doing about the collapse of the Reef. And Connor Clarke, Director at Plastics Pirate, joins us to talk about a pilot in Far North Queensland with communities, industries and stakeholders, to prove the value of reusing plastic with a mobile pyrolysis plant. With presenters Fam and Anth.

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Rex Hunter talks about fifty years of diving the Ships Graveyard on Port Phillip Bay, and Jim Anderson, one of the original Graveyard divers from a group known as the ‘Geelong Skindivers’, explains the history of this amazing site, and some of his incredible discoveries; Author Graham Patterson discusses his latest book ''Coastal Guide to Nature & History: Western Victoria (Point Lonsdale to the South Australian Border)'; and Ben Francischelli, coastal paleontologist, presents what looks like the first concrete evidence of the ancestral "father" to the Megalodon in Australia! With presenters Bron Burton and Cabin Boy.

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