Clocean Podcast - Wta'n: Our living ocean

Join us as I chat with MUN's Dr. Paul Snelgrove about Biodiversity: what it is, why it is important, and what we are doing to protect it. 

Join us as I chat with Lindy Weilgart about the effects of noise and sound pollution in our ocean as well as some novel ways to mitigate them.

Join us on this World Water Day as I discuss various pollutants and contaminants with Dr. Peter Wells.  Because of the sheer number of pollutants entering our ocean, we skim over a dozen or so categories with plans to dive deeper on a few notables in the near future. 

Join us as I discuss sea level rise with Dr. Patricia Manuel from Dalhousie University. We discuss how our coastlines are under assault from the rising seas and how they may just be able to protect themselves if we would simply let them.

Join us as we chat with Dr. Derick Tittensor about how climate change is affecting the ocean around Mi'kma'ki, from habitats to MPAs to individuals organisms. 

Join us with our season opener as we have an impromptu conversation with Elder Georgina Knockwood-Crane surrounding the impacts of Hurricane Fiona on the Island of Epekwitk.  Although much of this conversation centers around land and trees, it is directly applicable and introduces our upcoming episode on Climate Change and its effect on the ocean.

Join us as Dr. Karel Allard discusses marine birds as part of our last episode of the season.  We discuss everything from nutrient cycling to seafarers and how seabirds play an intricate role in our ocean.We hope to be back in the fall with more great ocean episodes.  

Join us as we explore the two Canadian Acts that have a huge influence on how we view our global ocean. We had the opportunity to chat with former Assistant Deputy Minister Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright and Scientist Emeritus Jake Rice. 

Happy World Ocean Day!  Join us as we talk about creatures of the deep living just off our coasts.  Dr. Anna Metaxas tells us how amazing (and large) corals can be and why we so desperately need to protect them. 

Join us as we explore the world of sharks in Atlantic Canada with the research lead at the Canadian Atlantic Shark Research Laboratory's Dr. Heather Bowlby.  

Today's episode is a bit different than our typical episodes but nevertheless incredibly important. Join us as we discuss pleasure craft safety with Steve Turgeon and John Nelson from Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety. In the episode we refer to Transport Canada Safe Boating guide, which can be found here: https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/tp_511e.pdfor through the office of boating safety: www.tc.gc.ca/boatingsafety  

Join us as we discuss the amazing habitat surrounding eelgrass, Zostera marina, with Dalhousie University's Dr. Kristina Boerder and find out my favorite thing to do with it. 

Join us as we discuss whales, dolphins, and porpoises from Atlantic Canada with the Marine Animal Response Society's Tonya Wimmer. Two of the open access documents we mention include: Ramp et al, 2021. Up in the Air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales. Endangered Species Research. Vol 44: 33-44.Wimmer, T., and C. Maclean, 2021. Beyond the numbers: A 15 year retrospective of cetacean incidents in Atlantic Canada. Produced by the Marine Animal Response Society. 69pp.

Join us as we begin our second season of the show on Earth Day! What better way to celebrate our earth than to talk about our ocean - something that composes 71% of the surface our planet.In this episode we we discuss ocean literacy and what it means to be ocean literate with Dr. Diz Glithero, from the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition, as well as a with Knowledge holder Gerald Gloade. 

In this weeks episode we discuss two less familiar types of aquaculture that are slowly gaining momentum in Atlantic Canada, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) with David Roberts from Nova Scotia's Sustainable Blue as well as exploring Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture with UNB-SJ's Dr. Thierry Chopin.  We will explore the pros and cons and discuss how some of these methods may actually be helping the ocean. 

Join us as we discuss Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) with Dr. Bruce Hatcher.  We look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of this much needed protection in our marine environment.

Join us we interview DFO's Maxine Westhead and Jason Naug as we discuss Canada's future in Marine Spatial Planning, what it is, and why we desperately need it.

Join us as we discuss the history of fishing over the last 400 years in coastal Mi'kma'ki with Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings and the impacts that it has had on our ocean.   

Join us as we explore the post glacial archeology of Mi'kma'ki with retired archeologist Dr. David Keenlyside, specifically as it relates to the ocean.

Join us as we explore a brief geological history of Mi'kma'ki and how it aligns with certain traditional 'legends', from formation of the ocean, glaciation, and the Great Beaver.  In this episode we interview Dr. Sandra Barr, Dr. Ian Spooner, and knowledge holder Gerald Gloade.

Join us on this trip down the coast as we introduce this new series about ocean health right here in Mi'kma'ki, the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Today we briefly introduce who we are and why we put this podcast together.