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• Solving Whale Entanglement

  In March, a sperm whale washed up on a beach near the Isle of Skye wrapped up in rope. In this episode, we delve into entanglement of large ocean creatures with Ellie Maclennan of the Scottish Entanglement Alliance. This is a difficult topic, but one with a very simple solution currently being trialled which could massively reduce the incidence of entanglement overnight.Scottish Entanglement Alliance: https://scottishentanglement.orgFind and contact your MSP (Member of Scottish Parliament): https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-mspsThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean.For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook.To donate to Seaful, please go to https://seaful.org.uk/donate/For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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• Can Fishing truly be Sustainable?

  In this very unique episode, we head out into the beautiful Sound of Skye on a creel fishing boat with Bally Philp - a fisherman in Northwest Scotland known for his dedication to sustainable fishing practices and marine conservation. He is the chair of the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation, and one of the founding members of the Scottish Entanglement Alliance, with a passion for cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and advancing fishing practices to protect them from harm.We talk about what sustainability in fishing actually means, advances in technology, and whether or not they can prevent marine mammal entanglement in Scotland's fishing fleet.Scottish Entanglement Alliance: https://scottishentanglement.orgOur Seas Scotland: https://www.ourseas.scotThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean.For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook. To donate to Seaful, please go to https://seaful.org.uk/donate/ For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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• Sharks, Skates and Scotland's Incredible Underwater World

  What do you imagine when thinking of scuba diving in Scotland? Chris Rickard takes us on an exciting journey underwater and shares the good, the bad and the ugly from thousands of dives around Scotland. Through decades of diving he has made some amazing and terrible discoveries. He's experienced everything from the smallest molluscs engineering entire seabeds, to the largest apex predators, which inspired him to set up Shark and Skate Scotland, to the hidden destruction befalling the seabed. In this episode, Chris takes us for a deep dive into Scotland's underwater world, and explains why he thinks everyone should experience our native ocean wildlife for themselves...Shark and Skate Scotland: https://www.facebook.com/sharkandskate.scot/Macduff Marine Aquarium: https://www.macduff-aquarium.org.ukMarine Conservation Society's Good Fish Guide: https://www.mcsuk.org/goodfishguide/Our Seas Scotland: https://www.ourseas.scotProject Seagrass: https://www.projectseagrass.orgTV Series: Shark with Steve BackshallThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean.For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook.To donate to Seaful, please go to https://seaful.org.uk/donate/ For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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• Swimming around Iceland - Ross Edgley shares his 'Why'

  "Your reasons to continue have to be bigger than your reasons to stop." Ross recounts some truly amazing ocean experiences, and what kept him going on his world-record circumnavigation of the UK in 2018, swimming for up to 12 hours a day for 157 days (spoiler alert, there were some incredible animal encounters!).His next challenge is difficult to imagine: In his words, it isn't a sprint, it isn't even a marathon - it's a migration. Swimming around Iceland. This time, in the search of eDNA to show us exactly what's living in Iceland's seas...You can read more about his epic challenge here: https://dryrobe.com/blogs/latest-news/why-ross-edgley-is-swimming-the-entire-coastline-of-iceland Thank you so much to dryrobe for supporting the production of this episode!Ross's YouTube and InstagramThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean.You can donate to Seaful here: https://seaful.org.uk/donate/For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook. For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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• Rewilding Scotland's Sea part 2 - Native Oysters

  This is about a tiny but mighty creature creating entire underwater ecosystems! We get hands on with Native Scottish Oysters in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, with Ailsa Mclellan of Seawilding. Ailsa is an amazing marine scientist and ocean campaigner, and explains how Marine Habitat Restoration could be the antidote to the destruction of the seabed, and a boost for people's hopefulness...This is our second episode with Ailsa, and we're delighted to welcome her back to the podcast today. We head to Ullapool harbour to check our the native Scottish oysters she is nurturing as part of a wider project with Seawilding.Seawilding (seagrass and native oysters): https://www.seawilding.orgNative Oyster Restoration Alliance: https://noraeurope.euSeagrass Spotter: https://seagrassspotter.orgiNaturalist - explore and share natural world observations: https://www.inaturalist.orgThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean. For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook. For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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