Title: E95 Vancouver Aquarium’s Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up Description: Kate Le Souef, manager of the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up at the Vancouver Aquarium, speaks with Lawrence about the importance of engaging volunteers in positive actions as a way to start people along the path of stewardship. While the initiative has no plans to change, for many of its volunteers, the Clean-Up represents their first and now routine action taken to ensure Canada’s oceans, lakes and rivers are clean and safe to swim, drink and fish.
Title: E96 Mote Aquarium Applies Acoustic Research with Amazing Results Description: Dr. James Locascio from the Mote Aquarium is pioneering the application of acoustic monitoring to identify key fish habitat. Listen as James explains the importance of understanding the fit between fish and their habitat, the different forces that impact this relationship, and how his acoustic research is bringing a new awareness to these interactions., We also gain a greater understanding of how fish listen to us, and what Mote is doing in partnership with anglers to ensure the future of fish and fishing.
Title: Safina Centre on Sustainable Fishing Gear Description: Science and local knowledge is essential in determining how fish can be caught sustainably. Innovations led to the world’s sudden decline in fish stocks, and are now needed to return fishing to its once former source for sustainable food. Hear about what should and should not be taking place in our oceans, lakes an rivers, and how you can apply this knowledge to your own sustainable fish harvesting and consumption choices.
The Blue Fish Radio show features subjects and people of special interest to the future of fish and fishing. Notable past interviewees include the NOAA Director of Sustainable Fisheries, Ontario’s Environment Commissioner, the CEOs of Trout Unlimited and the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the World Wildlife Foundation’s VP of ocean policy, and numerous leading researchers and local experts in the field of fish biology, aquatic habitat and sustainable fishing.
Episodes of Blue Fish Radio is streamed on the internet 6-times each week over WRVO Outdoor Radio; broadcast 5-times each week by AMI Audio over cable TV and SiriusXM Canada; featured on Outdoor Canada Magazine’s website and social media channels every second week, and linked to by hundreds of conservation and fishing related sites.
Over 100,000 listeners enjoy the show weekly, in addition to audiences reached through links to episodes established on numerous 3rd-party websites and FaceBook pages. Tweeted episode announcements reach on average 60,000 Twitter followers.
Blue Fish Radio interviews are recorded live and later edited to ensure the best possible portrayal of our guests and their message. Downloads or player links of episodes can be obtained for inclusion on your own website or social media. The over 80 Blue Fish Radio episodes can be found on iTunes or downloaded as MP3 files directly from Spreaker.com.
You can learn more about the host, Lawrence Gunther, at www.lawrencegunther.com. Lawrence also serves as President of Blue Fish Canada, a charity dedicated to the future of fish and fishing.