National Marine Sanctuaries Podcasts

Guest: Beth Cataldo on Ray Bandar, "A Life with Skulls"

Guest: Following her successful crossing of the Atlantic ocean in 2006, Roz Savage is bidding to be the first woman ever to row solo across the Pacific Ocean.

Guest: Guest: Reverend Deborah Streeter, leader of Upwellings Ministry and Associate Film Producer David McGuire

Guest: Dr. Tierney Thys-Marine Biologist/Filmmaker: Everything you wanted to know about the ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Guest: Author Lynne Cox - Open Water Swimmer. Lynne shares her stories and experiences from her long distance open water swimming experiences, including swims in the Bering Sea and Antarctica! Lynne is an open water/long distance swimmer and shares stories and tales from her book: Swimming to Antarctica, and most recently published in 2006, Grayson.

Dr. John Largier, an Oceanographer with University of California, Bodega Marine Lab. The winds of spring are the drivers of our productive food web here on the California coast. Jennifer talks with Dr. John Largier, an Oceanographer with University of California, Bodega Marine Lab about the unseen forces that shape the marine ecosystem and weather on our coast. Learn about the new oceanographic buoy being installed at Cordell Bank.

Jennifer Stock talks with Andrew DeVogelaere Ph. D. of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary about the recent explorations taking place on Davidson Seamount off the Big Sur Coast. Also, hear about the upcoming Cordell Bank Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting and the guest speakers that will be presenting on the Sanctuary expansion bill and supporting west Marin and West Sonoma Heritage fishing communities.

Guests Dr. William Gilly from Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford, CA and Ken Baltz from NOAA Fisheries talk about the recent movement of Humboldt squid up the coast of California, into Oregon, Washington, and even Alaska.

Guests Dan Howard and Maria Brown, Sanctuary Superintendents from Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries in California, discuss the draft Joint Management Plan while its open for public comment in 2006.

Guest Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (www.algalita.org) talked about the rate of plastics in the ocean. Plastic in the ocean may be one of the most alarming of today's environmental stories. Plastic, like diamonds, are forever! Because plastics do NOT biodegrade, no naturally occurring organisms can break these polymers down.

Aloha! Guest Andy Collins from the newly designated Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument talks about some of the healthiest and most extensive coral reef habitats in the world, and the small atolls and islets that they surround. Claire Johnson from NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary program also called in to highlight the recent research cruise she returned from. NOTE: First two minutes of show were not recorded, show starts shortly after introduction.

Sanctuary researchers discuss invertebrate population genetics and what their latest research is showing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Researchers capture video of green sea turtle hatchlings digging out of a nest during an expedition in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument.

Guest John Stern, co-founder of the Northeast Pacific Minke Whale Project, talks about Minke whales in the Pacific. He discusses Minke whale research, and the recent International Whaling Commission's annual meeting outcomes.

Welcome to the first Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Currents podcast. In this episode, host Jennifer Stock talks with Oceanographer David Hyre about ocean habitats and marine life.