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Ep 65. Beyond Blanket Bans: Smarter Ocean Protection

64 min • 25 juli 2025

Dr. Magnus Johnson, senior lecturer in marine science, calls blanket MPA bans unscientific and warns that targeting UK fishing risks exporting environmental harm. He urges NGOs to address bigger threats like climate change and backs smarter, species-specific management.

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Ep 65. Beyond Blanket Bans: Smarter Ocean Protection

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Ep 65. Beyond Blanket Bans: Smarter Ocean Protection

Ep 64. Gutted by Ocean: When Storytelling Overshadows Truth

Ep 63. Hooked on Change: Rethinking How We Fish

Ep 62. Attenborough’s Ocean: Beautiful, But Scientifically Biased?

Ep 61. Ban It All? Fishing’s Unfair Trial

Ep 60. Biodiversity Blind Spots: What ‘Ocean’ Left Out

Ep 59. Hooked on the Wrong Narrative?

Ep 58. Trawling, Truth, and the Attenborough Effect

Ep 57. Mike Park OBE on Brexit & Bottom Trawling

Ep 56. Beyond Shellfish: Bridlington’s Future in Sustainable Fishing

Ep 55. Lobster Fishing Reimagined: A Path to Sustainability

Ep 54. Cyrus Todiwala OBE - Spice and Sustainability

Ep 53. Kathryn Novak - Reducing Bycatch & Responsible Fishing

Ep 52. Tom Rossiter - CatchCam & Smarter Fishing

Ep 51. Michael Tait - Shell-volution: The Future of Shetland Mussels

Ep 50. Ian Wightman - Bridging the Divide: Fishing, Politics & Sustainability

Ep 49. Colm O'Rourke - From the Sea to the Still

Ep 48. John Goodlad - Sustainable Seafood - Orkney International Science Festival Lecture

Ep 47. Magnus Johnson - AI, Wind Farms, and Fishing's Future

Ep 46. CJ Jackson - Billingsgate & Royal Tastes

Ep 45. Nathan De Rozarieux - Winds of Change

Ep 44. Jenny Jefferies - Breaking the Food Chain

Ep 43. Hans Unkles - The Fisherman Who Went Electric

Ep 42. Dave Mackay - Unintended Consequences: Cod, Seals, and the North Sea Ecosystem

Ep 41. Iain Harcus & Dr. Jón Kristjánsson - The Haddock Crisis

Ep 40. Ian Fletcher - Scallop Hunting in Scotland

Ep 39. Professor Baukje de Roos - University of Aberdeen - Seafood Nutrition

Ep 38. Donna Fordyce - Chief Executive of Seafood from Scotland

Ep 37. Elspeth Macdonald - CEO of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation

Ep 36. Paul Gildroy - Whitby’s Legendary Magpie Cafe

Ep 35. Angus MacPhail (Skipinnish) - The present day Highland Clearances

Ep 34. Kenneth MacNab - Revealing the dark side of environmental groups

Ep 33. Emma Plotnek and David Stevens - Fishing into the Future

Ep 32. Mike Warner - A Passion for Seafood

Ep 31. Adrian Bartlett - Ecomotus: helping fishermen cut costs

Ep 30. Mike Park OBE - SWFPA #02

Ep 29. John Goodlad's book - The Salt Roads

Ep 28. Kara Brydson

Ep 27. Alan Addison

Ep 26. Stelios Theocharous

Ep 25. Dr. Nathalie Steins

Ep 24. John Goodlad

Ep 23 Mike Park OBE - SWFPA

Ep 22 Kevin Dalgleish

Ep 21 Mihir Pershad - Umami Meats [Bioworks]

Ep 20 Dr. Mark Dickey-Collas

Ep 19 Dr. Michel Kaiser

Ep 18 John Manson

Ep 17 Roberta Muir

Ep 16 Franz Scheurer

Ep 15 Joe Redfern

Ep 14 Alistair Blair

Ep 13 Dr. Robert Elwood

Ep 12 Andy Read

Ep 11 Peter Bruce and Jón Kristjánsson

Ep 10 Dr. Ray Hilborn

Ep 09 Dr. Richard Newton

Ep 08 Andrew Mallison

Ep 07 Adrian Bartlett

Ep 06 Professor Michele Stanley

Ep 05 Ian McAndrew

Ep 04 Jimmy Buchan

Ep 03 Jak O'Donnell

Ep 02 Jón Kristjánsson 2/2

Ep 01 Jón Kristjánsson 1/2