Out of the Blue

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On today's show we interviewed Blair Stafford. Blair is the newly appointed 5 Gyres Institute Ambassador for Australia.

Andrew talks about Victorian aquaculture industry developments.

Heather shares some Peter Benchley book reviews and chats to long time friend, and marine nomad, Chelsea about travels and diving adventures. 

It's all women in the studio today, as we pay homage to the mothers of the sea. And there's a bit of marine news from CSIRO, plus a wrap up of our Radiothon Fundraiser Trivia Night!

Nicko Lunardi talks about his 3 month expedition on board Seashepherd's Steve Irwin during Operation Nemesis.

On today's show we interview Hirschfield & Sam Gummer, founders of Project Banjo Action Group which began following concern about the growing number of fiddler rays (banjo sharks) and smooth rays being killed in Port Phillip Bay.

Andrew Christie and Carolyn Espenshade from Point Cook Marine Care talk more about awesome stingrays.

Following on from the success of part one and two, Sex in the Sea III focuses on fish that change gender, based on a variety of factors and environmental cues.  It makes humans look incredibly boring...

Donna and Matt delve into music about the ocean in this episode, with a little bit of news in the mix too!

Andrew Christie talks all things rays this week! Who knew there was so much to know?

Morgan chats to Heidi Taylor, Director of Tangaroa Blue Foundation about their recent Source Reduction Plan workshops around Port Phillip Bay. The plans will help reduce litter loads to the Bay through informed planning and great engagement. Also on the show, news on mangrove dieback. 

Today we speak to Natalie Davey from the Pelican 1 and hear all about this summers' Two Bays program: environmental education aboard a catamaran!

What was Melbourne like thousands of years ago?  What animals roamed the waters of Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastline?  What can we discover about the past by looking at the fossils being discovered today?  Join us as we chat to passionate paleontologist Ben Francischelli about all things fossil in Melbourne and beyond.  You can learn a lot about the present by looking at the past.

In our first show of 2017, we interview Lucy Skelton, year 9 student from Melbourne Girls College and also recent graduate of Sealife Trusts' Ocean Youth program. Passionate about the deep blue and climate change, Lucy shares her experience of the progrtam with 3CR listeners. Also in the studio, Andrew Vance, Sustainability Coordinator at Melbourne Girls College, here to promote Pedal Power, part...

8 year old Isaac is a Wildlife Warrior.  He is passionate about conservation and spends most of his spare time out and about helping Melbourne's wildlife.  On today's show, he tells us all about Edge Pledge, a program designed to challenge participants while raising much needed funds for conservation efforts around the country.  Be inspired by this incredible. pint sized conservationist!

Join Andrew Christie as he chats to Dr Hugh Kirkham about all things seagrass. 

This week, in light of the recent US elections, we look at the positive things that are happening in the marine world, because you should always look on the bright side of life.

Fam and Matt are joined in the studio by Kade Mill from the Victorian National Parks Association to talk about the 2016 Great Victorian Fish Count. 

Join Andrew Christie as he talks hydrocarbon pollution - oil spills and all the weeks' marine news. 

A few months ago we touched on the strange and wonderful world of marine sex.  But there was so much left unsaid.  This show covers even more of the weird and woderful, from octopus handing over packs of sperm from their third right arm and complicated jelly breeding through to lobster courtship behaviour and penis fighting in flatworms.  How could you resist learning about all of that and a whole...

Andrew Christie takes us into the deep blue, the day after the 2016 AFL Grand Final, talking shark and human interactions.

Heather and Erin discuss recent holidays to breathtaking places to explore the marine environment just to make everyone jealous.  On a serious note, they discuss Marine Protected Areas and President Obama's announcement to make the largest marine protected area in the world, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, as well as his latest announcement for a similar protected area in the Atlan...

Morgan takes a step back in time, replaying Out of the Blue's first ever interview with Dr. Mark Norman during his time at Melbourne Museum. Also, hear about a brand new marine park in Hawaii.

The Port Phillip EcoCentre, MOOP Patrol and MC Guttermouth are running a Pozible campaign to raise funds to make a music video for their newst hit song "A Little Bit Of Litter". It's going to make MC Guttermouth world famous! Donate here: https://pozible.com/project/a-little-bit-of-litter