OCTOPOD

Sadly due to a lack of funding we are closing down OCTOPOD. We are have greatly enjoyed being a podcast in your rotation and hope you all find new ways to keep abreast of ocean news and literature. We didn't want to leave you without some recent info though so here are the links to what we spoke about in the episode.  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-10/stormwater-continues-to-pollute-l-a-countys-oceans-rivers-and-lakes-report-finds https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/782694371/offshore-wind-may-help-the-planet-but-will-it-hurt-whales We like to think that someday this podcast may return, so we are saying goodbye for now and keep on keeping on!

We had the awesome opportunity to record a podcast at the https://www.nwstraits.org/ conference this year and we are so excited to share the talented and passionate people who help preserve and protect the Northwest Straits marine ecosystem. This episode features a mash-up of 9 interviews from a variety of roles and locations within the initiative. We focused on citizen (or community) science and in this episode we hope you all discover a new way to take action in your communities! Mentioned resources: https://www.nwstraits.org/get-involved/marine-resources-committees/ https://mycoast.org/wa https://www.reef.org/ https://ebird.org/home Interviewees: Pete Haase from Skagit County MRC Alan Clark from Clallam County MRC Ron Thom from the NWS Commission Emily Bishop from Jefferson County MRC Phil Green from San Juan County MRC Susan Tarpley from Snohomish County MRC Eleanor Hines from Whatcom County MRC Gwendolyn Hannam from Island County MRC Elsa Schwartz from Island County MRC

In this interview episode Allie and Raye welcome Joshua Manning to the podcast. Josh is a doctorate student at Florida State University doing some interesting research on coral reefs and the organisms who live with them. This episode covers Josh's research and how it is going with that whole PhD thing.  Links mentioned in the episode: The McCoy lab website: http://www.marecology.com/ Josh's website: https://joshuacmanning.wixsite.com/coralreefecology Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mccoy_marine_ecology/ Josh's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coralecoguy/

Raye and Allie get a little political (sorry) about President Trump's actions to leave the https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/04/trump-makes-it-official-us-will-withdraw-paris-climate-accord/, but then bring it back to happy news about social media helping confirm the adorable https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/facebook-and-instagram-posts-help-locate-pygmy-seahorses-in-taiwan/. Raye also shares a food-for-thought article about the importance of https://geographical.co.uk/nature/oceans/item/3482-do-marine-protected-areas-harm-local-communities

This episode is hosted by Allie and Nick (with a special guest appearance by Mike Hay who is OCTO's data scientist). Allie shares some new research on when we can expect the https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/arctic-ocean-could-be-ice-free-part-year-soon-2044, hint hint it's soon. Allie also shares an article onseafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/new-tool-helps-fisheries-enforcement-track-criminal-fishing-around-the-world that recently came out called https://spyglass.fish/ that helps fisheries enforcement officials (or you) track criminal fishing around the world. Nick then explains some research about https://www.openchannels.org/literature/26252 and Mike Hay jumps in to explain what a neural network is.  Read the latest issue of The Skimmer https://meam.openchannels.org/meam See the upcoming OCTO hosted webinars https://www.openchannels.org/upcoming-events-list