American Shoreline Podcast Network

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham take a tour of the Florida coast, from the perspective of water. Our guide is Terry Gibson, the Legislative Affairs Director for the American Water Security Project, a bona fide gladesmen who has dedicated his life's work to protecting and restoring the waterways of his home state and beyond. Come along as we follow the Florida coast, beginning a...

The COVID-19 crisis has plunged tens of millions more people in this country into food insecurity. At a time when millions have lost their jobs, many Americans are turning to food banks to feed their families. SeaShare , an innovative non-profit,  moves high-quality, first-run seafood that, instead of being sold in a market or restaurant, is distributed to food banks nationwide. Getting seafo...

Reducing ocean plastic pollution -- especially discarded fishing nets -- requires innovation, drive, dedication, and collaboration. On this episode, Jenna sits down with Erin Adams, NE Division Coordinator for Net Your Problem, a new company working worldwide to recycle fishing gear into everyday products like sunglasses, kayaks, and picnic tables.   Erin has worked alongside fisher...

Joining Arica Sears on this episode of the Big Tourism podcast is Katie Darr, a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow for the National Marine Protected Areas Center, housed within NOAA. Katie and Arica travel south to Ecuador, back north to the Oregon Coast and end their discussion in the Florida Keys. The common denominator in all three locations? Destination management. Learn how analyzing visitors to popular...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk about Tyler's upcoming Caribbean sailing trip (currently underway) and the best of the recent ASPN shows.  We get a sneak listen at Tyler's sailing play list and sample several of the musical styles and modes Tyler's taking aboard.  It's a kicked back discussion and a breather after a double production show week.  

Two tribal leaders in the Pacific Northwest tell us about the centuries-old role of seafood in Native American heritage, the fight to maintain their rights in the court system, the complexities of co-management of fisheries with the States, tribal seafood exports, and how they are fairing in the pandemic.

It is with great joy and an explorer's spirit that we present to you the third and final episode of our adventure series focused on surfing, sailing, and sustainable seafood in New England. Over the course of July, we followed along as adventure filmmakers  Ben Hayden ,  Willis Brown  and  Spike Smigelski  set sail from the North Shore of Massachusetts, making their way up...

Adapting to sea level rise is a challenging business and it's made harder by our complicated legal system.  An important discussion today on the Coastal Conundrum Podcast. Coastal local governments are working to develop plans  and strategies to adapt to rising seas and increase resilience of community infrastructure, especially roads. Many plans involve protecting, elevating, realigning...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Dr. Paul Montagna, an expert in understanding the ecosystems of the deep seabed. We talk about the seafloor itself before turning our attention to impacts that the BP oil spill had on vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor.  Join us as we go very, very deep and explore the bottom of the oceans, th...

Many of us remember actor Sam Elliott's velvety voice proclaiming, "beef, it's what's for dinner" and animated California raisins crooning "I heard it through the grapevine" scattered across commercial TV breaks for decades. Those industry-led advertising campaigns were hokey, but they did impact consumer behavior and now there is an effort to revive a little known law from the 1980's to do the sa...

On this episode, Jenna speaks with Taylor Goelz, a Virginia Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, about her fellowship and the United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science. The UN proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development from 2021-2030 to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framewo...

On this month's edition of the WaterLog Podcast's DC Update, Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi discuss the structure of the Corps as a part of the Department of Defense, give a legislative update on WRDA and Energy & Water Appropriations, and then talk generally about coastal resilience and the hurricane outlook.   Another great show from our Nation's Capitol, the land of rationale deli...

In this episode, we have a candid conversation with a Black commercial fisherman and a Black chef/restaurateur about their experiences with systemic racism in everyday life and in the white-dominated seafood supply chain. Captain Shawn Watson (Florida) and Chef Nelson German (California) share personal stories and how they are feeling about the reinvigorated national dialogue our country is having...

Welcome to the Working Waterfronts Podcast, a collaboration between the National Working Waterfront Network and the American Shoreline Podcast Network. In this inaugural episode, host Ashley Bennis talks with three working waterfront organizers from both the East and West coasts. First up, Ashley welcomes Roland Lewis, President and CEO of Waterfront Alliance in NYC.  Under his leadership, th...

In this inaugural episode, the American Shoreline Podcast Network is proud to launch the Fresh & Salty Podcast, a new collaboration with the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association.  This show will explore, discuss, and celebrate America's great estuaries!   Host Peter Ravella goes coast-to-coast on this kick-off show with Cory Riley, Reserve Manager of the Great Bay Res...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham check in with an old friend, Michael Poff, President of Coastal Engineering Consultants of Bonita Springs, Florida.   We all worked together on the Manasota Key Beach restoration project back in the days before ASPN and all this podcasting business.  Together, we discuss the recently completed Manasota Key project and CEC's island-buildi...

In Episode 6 of SEAFOODIE we talk with BlueNalu President & CEO Lou Cooperhouse about how the San Diego based startup is on track to sell fish meat/fillets grown from fish stem cells far from the ocean in stainless steel bioreactors. Once thought to be the stuff of science fiction, cell-based animal protein has the potential to disrupt the global food system and BlueNalu may be the first compa...

Today's youth are more engaged with technology than ever before, but does this mean they're bound to lose touch with the natural world? Or, can cell phones and social media be an opportunity to bring the wonder of outdoor spaces to a greater diversity of students?  On this episode of Shaped By The Sea, Brian Yurasits chats with Tim Doelger, the CEO and Founder of TruFishing, to explore h...

In the latest episode of Changing Waters, Global Ocean Health's Deputy Director Julia Sanders interviews kelp guru, Dr. Tom Mumford from the Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington in Seattle.   From Northern California to Southern Oregon, kelp is undergoing devastating losses, with 95% of kelp forests turned into urchin barrens.   Tom explains what happened and th...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk with writer and filmmaker Dayton Duncan, best known for his 30-year collaboration with Ken Burns., the famed PBS documentary filmmaker.  We discuss one of his best film -- we think so -- The National Parks: America's Best Idea, which is currently being rebroadcast on PBS, and we talk bout the broader sweep of American conservation movem...

Robert Jones welcomes to the Seafoodie podcast Chef PJ Stoops, co-author of Texas Seafood: A Cookbook and Comprehensive Guide, to talk about the rich diversity of the Gulf of Mexico fishery, how we use and misuse this precious resource, and the intersection of fishing, food, harvest practices, and culture.   Andrew Zimmern, James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, and author, described...

Adapting to climate change is going to be a challenge and in spite of all we hear about climate change denial,  the federal government is investing heavily in understanding and addressing the complex climate risks headed our way.  On this episode of the Coastal Conundrum podcast, Bill O'bierne welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Payne and Dr. Roger Pulwarty, two of the principle authors of the Fourth N...

Sometimes, the quickest way to understand federal coastal policy is to follow the flow of funds from DC to communities along the American shoreline. On this episode of the Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank welcomes Erika Feller, Director of Marine and Coastal Conservation at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Together, they explore the National Coastal Resilience Fund, a critical new program...

Join Jacques and Simone as they dedicate an entire Delta Dispatches episode to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's proposed Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project, which is now entering the NEPA scoping process. If approved by the Corps of Engineers, a sediment diversion structure will be installed in mainline levee on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River at approxi...

As we reach the peak of the summer of 2020, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham take a breather and canvas the field around the American shoreline.  Few years have been more uncertain and more unusual.  Many beaches are closed. The coastal tourism economy has suffered several body blows, draining local government tax revenues and damaging coastal businesses.  International trade has...