Gills Talk

Welcome to season 4 of Gills Talk! We are excited to kick off the season with Gills Club Coordinator, Maddie Poirier. Kristen and Maddie have a conversation about the future of the Gills Club, ocean education, and what to expect in 2023. Thank you all for listening and enjoy! Gills Club Merch! https://www.bonfire.com/org/atlantic-white-shark-conservancy-inc-460949763/ Follow Gills Club: On Instagr...

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Dr. Michelle Passerotti works as a Fish Biologist for the NOAA Apex Predator Program where she is looking at the life history of Atlantic large coastal and pelagic shark species. Kristen talks to Michelle about her work in the program conducting the coastal shark bottom longline survey as well as the Cooperative Shark Tagging Program. They also talk about Michelle's past life in science before sha...

Clara Sabal works as the Research Officer for MarAlliance. Kristen talks to Clara about her work conducting a shark census in Belize as well as working in community outreach with local fishers. They also have a discussion about Clara growing up in Belize and how she is making her home a better place. Enjoy! Follow Ivy: On Instagram Follow MarAlliance: On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook Follow Gil...

Dr. Alex McInturf is currently a CICOES postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab . Her research generally focuses on how marine organisms respond to environmental variables. She studies salmon and sevengill sharks in California and basking sharks in Ireland . She is currently looking at the foraging ecology of salmon sharks in Oregon and Alaska and its impact on local salmon p...

Dr. Brit Finucci is a fisheries scientist at NEWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) in New Zealand looking at deep water sharks, chimeras, and skates. Kristen talks to Brit about her work accessing and identifying these populations and how it can help in fishery studies. We learn how science can sometimes be a waiting game and even after being severely seasick, you are always...

Ivy Baremore works as the Technical Coordinator for MarAlliance as well as the Principle Investigator for deep water fisheries. Kristen talks to Ivy about her work accessing populations of large fish living on the reef as well as her work looking into the world of deep water fish. They also have a discussion about refinding the Atlantic Sixgill Shark in Belize and how data management hooked Ivy in...

Dr. Melanie Hutchinson works towards a future with ecologically friendly fishing practices. To achieve this, she is studying how to reduce shark bycatch in commercial fisheries. Her latest research project was an undertaking of tagging 275 sharks which lead to direct impacts on shark and fish management. We also talk about the challenges of starting shark research projects and faulty technology En...

Meet Rachel Lewis, this summer's Gills Club Scholar! Rachel is an upcoming senior at the University of New Hampshire where she is studying marine science. In this episode, we learn about Rachel's "biology of sharks" course she took at Shoals Marine Lab with Gills Club Co-Founder, Dr. Heather Marshall, and Gills Club Scientist, Maggie Winchester, how shark research is organized chaos, and how impor...

Dr. Cynthia Awruch focuses on shark endocrinology and physiology. Through her research, she hopes to increase the understanding and development of non-destructive techniques to understand the biology and physiology of animals, and subsequently assist with more effective conservation and management programs. Cynthia has a unique method of science communication through her love of dance. Enjoy! Foll...

Welcome to Season 3! We are so excited to have on Gills Club Co-Founder Dr. Heather Marshall! Heather is a marine scientist specializing in shark stress physiology. Her research interests are focused primarily on shark physiological ecology, with an emphasis on capture-related stress physiology and post-release mortality. In the last few years, she has performed numerous tagging and blood sampling...

See you all on July 11th for Season 3 of Gills Talk!  Follow Gills Club: On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook Download the Gills Club App !

This week, Kristen talks to Dr. Ornella Weideli. Ornella did not see a shark in the wild until she was 22 years old! Since her first shark experience, she was hooked! Ornella is currently involved in three research projects. Niche Ecology of Juvenile Reef Sharks in Seychelles, French Polynesia Early Detection of Covid 19 Foraging Ecology of Whale Sharks in Madagascar We go into detail about her pr...

This Gills Talk episode is all about “The Shark Lady”, Dr. Eugenie Clark. A pioneer in shark science, and a role model to many. She was an ichthyologist with a special interest in sharks and tropical sand fishes. She has conducted 71 submersible dives as deep as 12,000 feet and over 200 field research expeditions to the Red Sea, Caribbean, Mexico, Japan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Island...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Dr. Karissa Lear! Karissa uses a combination of electronic tagging and other techniques to study how climate change, coastal developments, and other human impacts affect threatened shark and ray fauna including sawfishes and wedgefishes. Follow Karissa: On Twitter Follow Gills Club: On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook Download the Gills Club App !

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Dr. Marianne Porter. Marianne is interested in the biomechanics and functional morphology, ecology, and physiology of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays). We learn about the stretchiness and squishiness of sharks and how Marianne transitioned from plant biomechanics to shark biomechanics.  Follow Marianne: On Twitter Marianne's Lab Website Follow...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Dr. Clare Prebble. Clare is a senior scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation where she studies whale sharks. She uses biochemistry to figure out where whale sharks are going and what they eat. Throughout the interview, we learn some fun facts about the largest shark in our oceans and take a deep dive into the world of biochemistry and lab analysis.&nb...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Erin Spencer. Erin is a marine ecologist studying shark biomechanics. She is a PHD candidate at Florida International University where she studies great hammerhead sharks in the Predator Ecology and Conservation Lab. Erin is also a National Geographic Explorer and a writer for Our Ocean and also has a new children's book coming out this month!  Follow...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Dr. Jodie Rummer. Jodie's background is in marine biology and comparative physiology. She is currently an Associate Professor of Marine Biology at James Cook University and Research Associate at the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. We learn about her and her lab's work with the epaulette shark and the reef shar...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Carlee Jackson. Carlee is the Director of Communications for Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS). We learn about her current work as a Sea Turtle Research Associate, assisting with various marine conservation research as part of the Disney Conservation Team. Carlee also explains her master's research looking at the effects of provisioning tourism with nurs...

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Dr. Cindy Tribuzio. Cindy is a research fishery biologist with the NOAA Fisheries Science Center in Alaska where she looks at the stock assessment of data limited species like the spiny dogfish, the pacific sleeper shark, and the salmon shark. We learn about the time a spiny dogfish swam to Russia and how electronic monitoring can help detect large sharks....

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen talks to Hannah Medd. Hannah is a conservation scientist the founder of the American Shark Conservancy (ASC). We talk about her and ASC’s work with the lemon shark, the silky shark, and the great hammerhead shark. We learn how collaborations with recreational shark fishermen are advancing the knowledge of the great hammerhead shark as well as how parasites are affe...

Welcome to Season 2 of Gills Talk! To kick off a new season, Kristen interviews Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo. Melissa is a teacher as well as a shark scientist. She recently has had her research published in the Journal of Fish Biology looking at the reproductive cycle, periodicity, and fecundity of the bonnethead shark in collaboration with the University of North Florida, Georgia, and South Carol...

Gills Talk is taking a break! We are gearing up for season 2 of the Gills Talk Podcast with new episodes being released in the new year. Now is your chance to catch up with our first 13 episodes! Thank you all that have listened so far!

This week on Gills Talk, Kristen interviews Ashleigh Novak. Ashleigh is the Research Coordinator for the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. She is a marine scientist who is broadly interested in the spatial ecology of marine fishes, species interactions, and fisheries management. Her current work focuses on local, fine scale, movements of white sharks off of the Cape Cod coastline. We also learn ab...