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This week we catch up with Chris Fischer from OCEARCH. He has just returned from a voyage to Nova Scotia where they discovered a "Matriarch" of the ocean dubbed Nukumi.

Photo Credit: Chris Ross

Program Notes:

Topics, Highlights and time stamps

0:00 - 4:00

 Catching up, welcome home Chris!

4:30 - 7:00

 Chris reflects on the many years, 39 expeditions, the experiences and wisdom gained over the years.

7:30 - 11:30

 Expedition Nova Scotia, Navigating around the many storms (18 days), scouting locations for future expeditions, Prince Edward Island

 11:30 - 14:30

 Moving through the Canso Canal toward the Canso Peninsula then on to the very productive West Ironbound Island area. 

15:00 - 16:30

 Why so many White Sharks in that particular area? Mysterious. 

17:30 - 21:00

 Chris explains how a day on the ship unfolds, the guys fishing, the crew, the scientists. Then it turns on, the sharks are there, they don’t eat everything they are discerning.

21:00 - 29:30

 The ocean and humans. Calculating risk. 

29:30 - 33:00

 Jeff shares his early days in Park City and “Tuesday Night Town Jump Series”, individual accountability.

33:45 - 47:30

 Chris gives his detailed and heart felt description on the beautiful White Shark Nukumi (The old wise one).

 Nurturing the conversation about the oceans, the information, the future.

48:00 - 51:00

 Looking to the future, the science, conservation. Mapping and planning expeditions for 2021.

51:00 - 58:00

 Ocearch is an ocean abundance program, not a shark program.

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References and resources

Jeff Glor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Glor

Captain Bret - 

Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island

The Canso Canal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Canal

West Ironbound Island - http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ca-v-07-d-m812682.htm

Garrett Kopp - ATBS episodes #11 & #14 - https://birchboys.com/

Jan Peterson - https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park-city/to-jan-peterson-everyone-was-family/

ABC’s Wide World of Sports intro 1976 - https://youtu.be/tiR7G8-HH-8

Nukumi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuhwFiZlLPk

Apex predator - Wolves in Yellowstone - https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolf-restoration.htm

Ocearch links:

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