Listen to Aequorea Jelly FIsh, Orcas, Seafood and Unidentified Marine Objects48:1711 October 2020

Baykeeper Neil Blake joins us to talk about the Aequorea jellyfish that arrived in the mouth of Port Phillip Bay during the week. These jellies are pelagic, but their natural range is the east Pacific Ocean, so it’s quite unusual to find them this far west. Neil will speak to the potential connection of their presence to climate change and the easterly winds associated with our new La Nina cycle.

We’ll catch up with Dave Donnelly (Killer Whales Australia, Dolphin Research Institute) about this week’s sightings of Orcas just off Torquay.

Johnathan Davey (Seafood Industry Victoria) joins us to talk about how the pandemic is bringing about a positive shift in connecting Victorians with their seafood providers and what to keep an eye out for in the months ahead…

And Dr Beach shares his fave paper of the fortnight: on unidentified marine objects (UMOs) and the probable truth behind ancient sea serpent sightings...

About this program

The team continues the great Marinara tradition of bringing you a quirky but informative look at all that is marine. Get to know all things wet and salty.

Segments: Rex Hunter, Neil Blake, Jeff Maynard, Ben Francischelli

Dive Reporters: Cara Hull, Myra Kelly 

Tech: Rachel Connor, Nereaders Digest. 

Podcast: David Turner


The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion