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Allie and Nick talk dirty on bird poop loving corals and the antiquated use of p-values. Rate and subscribe!

Raye and Allie bring you this episode of OCTOPOD!  Allie talks about how to succeed at twitter and Raye brings you an Australian news mash-up.  

On this episode of OCTOPOD, Allie shares the story of somebody's life-time and Nick describes a new MarXiv paper on the politics of migratory marine species. 

Allie summarizes her new favorite paper on the aesthetic value of the GBR and Raye talks about seafood fraud. 

In this episode Raye discusses current news with Lake Erie officially becoming humanized, while Nick brings up some amazing MarXiv news! Also, a plea for help. What are some ways we can get researchers to share their literature on MarXiv? Let us know! Comment on the episode or on Facebook or Instagram (@OpenOCTO),

Nick and Allie bring us our weekly news and literature, discussing use of imidacloprid on shellfish beds and how fishing communities can adapt in climate change driven waters. 

In this episode Allie talks about vulnerable fish in the aquarium trade and Raye brings up probiotics for corals. 

In this episode, Allie and Nick are back! Allie discusses the effectiveness of the ESA for marine mammals and sea turtles, while Nick brings listeners up to date on what's been happening around OCTO. 

In this episode it's Raye and Nick again. Nick describes some exciting MarXiv news and realizes he has commonalities with Raye over sea cucumbers. 

In this episode, Raye and Nick discuss the insider revolt at Elsevier and then jest over musical oceanic earworms. 

In this episode Allie describes a fascinating new paper that can be found on OpenChannels and MarXiv! Then, Raye and she try to understand property law. Did their masters degrees in Marine Policy teach them this? Listen to find out. 

The Ocean Cleanup is back in the news again, because it broke: https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/wilson-to-return-to-port-for-repair-and-upgrade/  Think your bamboo cloth is green? Turns out, probably not. It's most likely rayon, which isn't that great for the ocean at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon Allie gives a sneak-peak at all the new OCTO services coming online in 2019. We're also re-naming the MEAM newsletter to "The Skimmer" -- if you have content you'd like to see covered, contact Sarah Carr at skimmer@octogroup.org. Lastly, are there academic papers you'd like to read but can't access? Give the MarXiv Bookmarklet a try: https://www.marxivinfo.org/request. We'll contact the author to ask that they share a copy in MarXiv so you (and the world) can access the paper for free, legally, forever and ever. 

Allie chats about jellyfish discrimination (https://oct.to/109) and Nick chats about not-at-sea compostable-plastics (https://oct.to/108).  Also, Allie says "Keep an eye on your inbox if you use one of OCTO's services for an update on what is changing and what new projects OCTO has in store for 2019 and 2020." On the recent salish shes we at OCTO discussed what it is we do and how we all ended up loving and living near the salish sea. More info at https://oct.to/110.  P.S. Follow us on Facebook at @OpenOCTO and/or on Twitter at @OpenOCTO

Episode 21 has Raye and Nick talking realities of the Ocean Cleanup Project. Agree? Disagree? Let us know!

Raye and Allie host episode 20 of OCTOPOD. Allie talks about the harmful effects of algal blooms on shellfish in the UK, while Raye brings up both good new and some bad. Additional mentions at the end for an upcoming webinar and volunteering to become a MarXiv ambassador!

In this MarXiv Summary audio-edition, we interview Kye Adams about his recent research which shows that fishing capture of pregnant elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) can cause these animals to abort their young. The findings suggest that gear restrictions and seasonal closures around the breeding season might be warranted in areas where endangered elasmobranchs are prevalent. You can download a PDF of this MarXiv Summary at https://marxiv.org/8k245

In this MarXiv Summary audio-edition, we interview Mirta Zupan and Emanuel Gonçalves about their recent research, which shows that neighboring fully-protected areas can enhance the effectiveness of partially-protected areas. The research also shows that weakly-regulated marine protected areas (MPAs) are not effective at protecting biodiversity. You can download a PDF of this MarXiv Summary at https://marxiv.org/8vhgd

It's episode 19 with Allie and Nick! Allie talks about confused acid fish, while it's MarXiv's one year anniversary so Nick is reopening applications for MaXiv ambassadors! Happy birthday MarXiv!

It's Raye and Nick for episode 18! We cover a recent news update about heating oceans, aggressive farmersfish, and discuss a MarXiv summary on google trending words in Chile.

Episode 17 is all about problems and solutions. Raye talks about the newest initiatives to save the southern resident killer whales, and Allie discusses modern slavery in fisheries. Plus, more.