Coastal Advocacy Adventures Podcast Shane Bonnot
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Coastal Conservation Association's podcast to discuss marine conservation, habitat, fishing and variety of coastal topics. Check us out @cca_texas and @shanebonnot.
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Episode 50: David Aparicio & Mario Marquez
David Aparicio is a 3rd generation commercial fishermen and 1st generation oyster farmer, and Mario Marquez is an oyster aquaculture specialist working for Sea Grant. Both men know their way around an oyster. Tune in to learn about oyster farm life, what is required to get an oyster mariculture permit in Texas, farming obstacles and opportunities. Be sure to check out David's company DJ's Oyster Co @djsoysterco on Instagram.
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Episode 49: Hannah Kaplan
Hannah Kaplan - owner and operator of Barrier Beauties - discusses her oyster farm near Bolivar, the ins and outs of the permitting process, and future possibilities for her operations. Hannah and her team have braved new waters and have found a way to provide a sustainable product to a desperate market. We owe them and all the Texas oyster farming pioneers a big thank you for their entrepreneurial spirit.
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Episode 48: Bringing Baffin Back
Dr. Mike Wetz joins Shane and John to highlight a new initiative called Bringing Baffin Back. Bringing Baffin Back (BBB) is a sustained commitment to dramatically improve the health of Baffin Bay and the surrounding economy through partnerships between scientists and stakeholders who want the bay to thrive. Texan By Nature recently selected BBB as one of four projects that will receive up to 18 months of tailored support through its Conservation Wrangler project in 2022. Led by Dr. Michael Wetz, Chair for Coastal Ecosystem Processes at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Dr. Kiersten Stanzel, Director of Partnerships for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, BBB consists of a stakeholder group of at least 131 members that seek to address the key issues in the decline of Baffin Bay watershed. Learn more by listening to this episode and watching this video - https://youtu.be/ZPP0V1EnyT4
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Episode 47: More Oysters
We all want more oysters, and in the process of considering management options for the fishery, we need to prioritize the value of oyster IN the water.
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Episode 46: McLeod And Weiss
Scott McLeod and Mike Weiss are retired TPWD game wardens and residents in Rockport Texas. Listen in as they visit with John Blaha and Shane Bonnot, sharing their perspective on the status of the oyster fishery in Texas.
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Episode 45: Casey Shedd of AFTCO
Casey Shedd of AFTCO (American Fishing Tackle Company)sits down with Pat Murray and Shane Bonnot to discuss the AFTCO brand, the Shedd family conservation legacy, and why fishing matters. Unparalleled quality, performance and reliability - this not only applies to AFTCO products but also the Shedd family. Check out this episode, and then do yourself a favor. Head over to www.aftco.com to support a company that supports conservation and fishing resources.
Customer Reviews
Hands down favorite podcast.
Holy smokes, this is a great podcast! Start at the beginning! You won’t regret it. You’ll probably wind up saving a number of them to your library like I did. If you enjoy our gulf coast, biology, marine science, stories from old salts, stories from young salts, or in depth discussions about the health of our fisheries and local environments then you won’t be able to put down this podcast. I’ve learned a great deal from this podcast about the fish I want to catch and the places I want to catch them. Fantastic job, Shane! Keep me coming, please!
More tales from the old salts please!
A friend of mine sent me the Billy Sandifer and Dr. McKee episode (undoubtedly the best episode) and I was immediately drawn into what you’re doing. Thanks for all of your preparation and hard work.
If I’m allowed to make one request, though, it would be that there are more episodes featuring the old salts. I love hearing old stories from the original pluggers. Something to the effect of Rudy Grigars book. That’s what really drew me in was hearing about Billy and Dr. McKee’s life on the Texas gulf coast.
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Great show
Shane, your show is awesome keep it up! Also Billy Sandifer passed away, I think that’s worth you mentioning on the show!