Listen to Antarctic Krill Mission, Conservation Biology, EcoCentre Microplastics Research47:5631 January 2021

Well ahoy there! The Marinara crew has polished the decks, hoisted the sails, and we're ready to embark on 2021 – the year of all things wet n salty!

For our first show back, tomorrow 9am:

• Bron, Kade and Fam bring some of the summer news. Or maybe that should be ‘extended-spring’ news as summer’s mostly taking some time out this year. Kade brings news of the Antarctic krill mission. And some upcoming events to plug including a clean-up dive, sea slug census event (with thanks PT Hirschfield for the fab photo below!), and Summer by the Sea.

• We speak with UNSW’s John Turnbull about a paper he’s just had published in ‘Conservation Biology’ that critiques the value of ‘partially protected marine reserves’ – marine protected areas that allow some forms of fishing. Are they effective in meeting their objectives to protect marine life, or are they a conservation red herring?

• And Fam talks about the culmination of the EcoCentre’s 6 years of research into microplastics in Melbourne’s big rivers and the bay. Incredible work yielding some fascinating insights.

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