Our Drs. Fish celebrate Fishmas and take questions about cisco spawning, trading mackerel in prison, and more. Plus, the Ask Dr. Fish challenge and Game of the Month! Recorded live, December 2023.

Show links:

• Stuart's brand-new song, entitled "The Day after Fishmas"
• Video of the "Feast of the Seven Fishes" game
• https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-education-on-fishery-expected-to-lead-to-15-million-in-exports-to-sweden/ 
• https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-ftx-trading-fish-in-prison-for-services-crypto-2023-11
• https://fee.org/articles/how-a-fish-became-prison-currency/
• https://hakaimagazine.com/article-short/cod-currency/
• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/industry-vs-diadromy-story-migratory-fish-merrimack-river
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-eel-rent-map-england

Show credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Hope Charters
Edited by: Stuart Carlton
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton

We're live from the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Meeting in Evanston, Illinois. Stuart, Carolyn, and Megan speak with El Lower about aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the importance of language choices when discussing AIS, and why there are reasons for optimism. Plus: Carolyn's Top 5 styles of pizza!

Show links:
The Lakie Award nominations are open! https://bit.ly/Lakies23
GLANSIS
El's Twitter page
TMATGL 13: It Smells Like Science, with Brian Roth
If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em: Illinois fisheries rebrand the invasive Asian carp
Detroit Street Filling Station
Point Farms Provincial Park
Freshwater Feats: Great Lakes cooking at its best

Our third annual Halloween special

Here's an Ask Dr Fish amuse bouche while we wait for Stuart to have time to edit the latest TMATGL. We miss you already, Quinn!

Show links
Topic 1 - Fish that see with their skin
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-incredible-color-changing-fish-can-see-with-its-skin

Topic 2 - Smallmouth Bass in the Colorado River
https://apnews.com/article/humpback-chub-smallmouth-bass-colorado-river-1f1162bc38980fc6bcf5bdc9168ea1
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/08/22/mgk-park-service-to-remove-invasive-predatory-fish-found-in-colorado-river-below-glen-canyon-dam/

Topic 3 - Lake Sturgeon releases in Saginaw Bay watershedhttps://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/08/prehistoric-fish-species-released-into-saginaw-basin-in-restoration-project.html

Show credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Hope Charters
Live show production by Great Lakes Now
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton

In this episode, Stuart and Megan speak with John Hartig, a Visiting Scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor, about his new book, Great Lakes Champions. It's an engaging and optimistic book written by an engaging and optimistic interviewee; check it out!

Show links:

• John Hartig's website
• Great Lakes Champions
• The Great Lakes Way
• Bubi's Awesome Eats
• Green Bean Cafe
• Grosse Ile Township
• T9

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host and Producer: Megan Gunn
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Stuart Carlton. Sigh.
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

In this episode, Stuart interviews Eden Hataley about her paper on managing microplastics in the Great Lakes. Should they be considered a chemical of mutual concern in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement? And did they really put microplastics in toothpaste?

Show links:

• Towards a management strategy for microplastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes—monitoring (part 1)
• Towards a management strategy for microplastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes—monitoring (part 2)
• https://www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/71
• International Joint Commission: Chemicals of Mutual Concern
• Golden Rooster Delicatessen

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Daniele Miranda about her work on PFAS in Lake Michigan, how PFAS end up in fish, and how the biomagnify across the food chain. Plus: An important hermit crab update via Teach Me About the Great Lakes Hermit Crab Correspondent Hope Charters!

Show links:

• Dr. Daniele Miranda's homepage
• Creepy hermit crab doll-head video
• Adam Duritz
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896972303526X
• Springfield Isotopes
• Daniele's graphical abstract
• Indiana Dunes https://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm 

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Irene Miles
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Stuart and Renie took a ride on the Lakie Award Winning S/V Inland Seas and interviewed several people from the Inland Seas Education Association about the wonderful work they do to help children learn about the Great Lakes, the three types of people on a boat, and more. This was a really fun episode to record; thanks to the crew of the Inland Seas for putting up with us!

Show links:
Inland Seas Education Association
Village Cheese Shanty

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Irene Miles
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Can a boom in Great Lakes human populations affect fish more than aquatic invasive species do? What is a Black Carp and why should we care? What’s in a name when it comes to invasive species? To find out, let’s Ask Dr. Fish.

Also: Titus is calling in from a boat this month!

Show links:

• News article on anglers depressing fish populations https://greatlakesecho.org/2021/05/25/new-anglers-could-depress-great-lakes-fish-populations-more-than-invasive-species/
• Peer-reviewed article that it's based on: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0159 
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/invasive-black-carp-established-parts-mississippi-river-basin 
• https://www.manitoulin.com/invasive-black-carp-getting-closer-to-great-lakes/ 
• "Skarping", which we can neither endorse nor recommend for both safety and animal rights reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqykDINEcGo
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/great-lakes-whitefish-initiative-1.6615305 
• https://www.sooleader.com/local-news/new-initiative-hopes-to-show-versatility-of-whitefish-5889059
• https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/great-lakes-iceland-connection-through-whitefish-effort/ 

Show credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Hope Charters
Live show production by Great Lakes Now
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton

In this re-aired conversation, Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Francie Cuthbert, one of the world's preeminent plover experts, about piping plovers.

Show links:
Dr. Cuthbert's webpage
Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative

USFWS: Double-crested cormorants

Chicago Piping Plovers

GreatLakesPipingPlover.org

Facebook: Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Effort

High Island, Michigan

Broders Cucina Italiana

Middle Sister Island

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton

Co-host: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton